I've owned my K3 for going on 8 years. Over that time I have added various modules, KAT3, module for P3 support, KSYN3A, and now the most ambitious project of them all, last night I added the KRX3 and KBPF3. I had ordered this last upgrade back in November and it sat in the box until a week ago thispast Thursday afternoon.
Not only was the fitment of the new parts with each other as near perfection as it gets, so was the fitment of the parts ordered last year with a radio ordered over seven years before. Each upgrade has fit perfectly and worked without issue out of the box. My hat's off to the fine folks at Elecraft who not only designed such a high performing radio but also for being able to achieve the second goal of a kit that can be upgraded at will. Even the dreaded removal and reinstallation of the front panel went without a hitch! Other than operator error when configuring the KBPF3 as installed on the main board rather than the sub receiver, everything came up without issue. Now being able to monitor overlapping nets this morning is something I've wanted for a long time. Very nice. What really drove home Elecraft's attention to detail was when I was installing the filters into the KRX3. Comparing the five pole filters I ordered last year to the I ordered with the K3 in 2010, I found that their offsets are only 10 Hz apart. I do not recall asking for matched filters and seeing that the order processing and fulfillment departments not only had the filter information from 2010 but they also took the time and care to match filters as closely as possible impressed me enough that I just had to type this missive. I do plan on experimenting with diversity receive and Elecraft has made it possible that I can do so without having to buy matched filter sets. Job well done! 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: http://www.n0nb.us GPG key: D55A8819 GitHub: N0NB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
