My K3 mod kits arrived today (HAGC, and Rcv Isolation). I had purchased a
Circuit Specialists 1A soldering station and the SMD soldering tool for it
($40 and $30 respectively). This is a VERY nice soldering station. And the
free promotional DMM is also very nice. It lets you measure capacitors with
the test probes, meaning you can easily check the value of the CW rise time
capacitor on the board.
My K3 is SN308, shipped on 1/24/08. My K3 had the CW Risetime mod, but not
the HAGC and Rcv isolation mods. I elected to go with the leaded-parts mod
for the HAGC as I didn't want to try to handle those tiny SMD parts. Total
time to do each of these two mods was about one hour. And just for the
record, I have lousy eyesight! But everything went smoothly. Bottom line:
From the time I had the mod package in my hand to the time I closed
everything up and recal'd the receiver S-meter was just under two hours.
Phil - AD5X
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