Dave, My K3 arrived with all the parts.
SSB: There were many postings about SSB mode (including mine). Some how, there was no response from Elecraft about this. I have many friends in EU who are waiting for that DX/Contest audio from K3 before they decide to order one. I don't understand why Elecraft is not responding to this issue. I just would like to know that Elecraft has intention to improve SSB mode. 73 Mark WQ7X --- David and Dianne on Comcast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:22:20 -0500 > From: David and Dianne on Comcast > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Interim Build Report > > Hi Everyone, > > As I posted here at mid week, K3 #371 arrived from > Aptos in fine shape. > I have begun the build and thought I would share > some comments both > positive and negative with all. You opinions of > course will most likely > be different but here are mine so far: > > Positive: > The kit was packaged magnificently. The care in > packaging is first rate. > The manual is by far one of the most comprehensive I > have seen in > building many kits over the years. Clear, concise > and detailed but very > logical and easy to follow. Build quality of the > boards is indeed > elegant. Fit and finish is simply excellent. > Tolerances are amazing. > It is a work of engineering art. Congrats to Eric > and Wayne of all of > this. They should be proud of their baby. > > Negative: > Yup I have a negative. Of all of the kits I have > built over the years, > many of them fairly complex, from Heath, LDG, W9GR > and many others, this > is the first to arrive short parts/hardware. And > while the shortage is > minor, it is specialized and significant enough to > stop me cold in the > build process and add yet another week to the final > K3 experience. > Simply put, it has been deflating. Yet more delay. > While Elecraft was > attentive to this matter over the phone and in a > response from > K3Support, I am still not sure if the parts are > headed this way as no > confirmation has been positively received. This will > be my last kit > experience. I should have bought it factory > assembled as I planned > originally. But I bought into the kit mystique. > Never again. > > Concerns: > I am both a CW and SSB operator as non-contesting > DX'er. SSB TX issues > are important to me. Several reports are surfacing > here and elsewhere > from very reputable sources about the current lack > of SSB bandwidth and > the lack of more "powerful" modulation. I urge > Elecraft to address these > issues ASAP (now perhaps with more priority than the > second receiver.) > This will be a deal breaker for me if not rectified. > IMO it should have > been correct out of the box. This K3 will be > evaluated against my highly > modified Ten Tec Omni V.9 which has for my operating > requirements beat > out every transceiver on both CW and SSB since its > arrival here at this > QTH, bar none, including my Pro III which for all > its true Rx warts is a > pretty darn good value for the $$. > > I paid my $$ and took my chances and hope that this > will all get > rectified in the end. And for those of you who may > think that I should > not air complaints in public, I ask, did yours > arrive complete? > > My $.02 > > 73 de N1LQ-Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
