Paul - Actually, Wayne and Eric care quite a bit, as evidenced by their wanting the rig to be sent to them for checkout *AFTER* being told it was going to Rob for review.
Also, recall that very nice Bavarian Contest Club review ( http://www.bavarian-contest-club.de/projects/K3_english.pdf ) wherein they mention "Wayne, N6KR and chief designer of the K3, knew that we were working on this report, and asked me to give him a chance to see the report at an early stage, so that he could point out errors, fix anything which might be broken and make comments" Lastly, I seem to recall something about Elecraft wanting the ARRL to measure a pre-production K3, to compare the League's measurements versus Elecraft's. (Am I making that up? It sure *seems* familiar.) It's not unreasonable for them to care, and I don't especially believe that they did anything above and beyond the published alignment procedure to especially enhance the performance...but we'll all feel more comfortable after we see a broader sampling of measurements from unrelated sources. How's that expression go? "Trust, but verify" Also not too many days away from my K3 being shipped... Steve NN4X On 2/19/08, Paul Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No "review" will be representative of all K3s. > > I think Dave's line above says it all. No one review will ever capture the > true performance of all transceivers. This is a significant "hang-up" area > with many operators. Often, we'll read a QST or RadCom product review and > make the quantum-leap assumption that one parameter will remain the same > across an entire production run of transceivers. TX IMD specs come to mind > here. For example, depending on a bias setting, the real IMD performance > can very substantially with most SSB transceivers. > > If Elecraft's final alignment procedure is identical to that used by the > casual end-user, does it matter whether or not the unit has been to Elecraft > or Sherwood? I think the whole point of Elecraft's design team was to take > the influential alignment variable out of the equation. I suspect if Wayne > & Eric were even the least bit concerned in this area that the kit version > would not have been offered. Or, in the alternative, all kits would go back > to Elecraft for final alignment. > > Paul, W9AC (K3 just days away from shipment) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
