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From: Darwin, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My K2 was a kit. I spent a month or so building it. I've spent the
last 18 months operating it. Beauty of operation pays dividends long
after the joy of building has ended.
Like I say, I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around this one.
I think it has to do with how much of oneself goes into the process.
At one end of the spectrum would be a kit that was a box of parts, a
schematic,
and maybe a layout drawing or two. Lots of soldering, coil-winding,
etc. Maybe even require you to drill some holes.
On the other end would be a kit that involves mounting a couple of
components and nothing else.
From what I can see, the K3 requires a bit more assembly than building
a PC. No soldering - same as a PC. And for the same reasons.
It would have been great if the K3 could have been built with all
through-hole components on conventional boards that we could
stuff'n'solder, just like the K2. I think if that were practical, it
would have been done.
--
None of this is really new, though. Heathkit's famous SB line used
prepackaged crystal filters, prepackaged LMOs in a "do not open" box,
and a preadjusted first-IF bandpass transformer. And that was over 40
years ago.
Even earlier, the Heath RX-1 "Mohawk" receiver came with a
preassembled, prealigned front-end module that you just bolted onto the
chassis and hooked up. Tuning cap & coils, bandswitch, several tubes,
etc., all done for you.
73 de Jim, N2EY
(didn't we have this discussion before?)
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