Hi Mike and Elecrafters, I started assembling the KRX3 yesterday at 2 p.m. and switched the K3 on at 9 p.m. after having also installed additional crystal filters (Better to do it at the same time rather than disassembling the rig once again).
I'm impressed by those who got it in less than three hours ! Although my K3 is # 615, I had to solder the additional resistor in parallel with R91 (My RF board is Rev A). W4 was a soldered jumper, not easily accessible, even after taking the KBPF3 board away. But the most unfriendly step was the last one, plugging the KRX3 module into the sub-in and sub-out connectors and managing the TMP coax. Plugging the Front panel into the main board was for me much easier than when assembling the K3 (experience curve impact, probably) When you switch your rig on and nothing works, don't panic and take a breath : if the main receiver is dumb, it's because the RF gain pot has been inadvertently turned fully counterclockwise during the surgery, if the sub-receiver is dumb, it's because some parameters have not been properly set (crystal filter in my case), and if you get an ERR PL2 message, it's because you need first to upgrade the software and secondly to make a synthesizer calibration ! Finally my KRX3 is working FB and there was no problem with the assembling ! Raymond, F4FNT K3/100 # 615, K2/100 # 5,636 _______________________________________________ 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
