On Fri, 22 May 2009 11:10:58 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote: >You likely have most of the tools already, but if your screwdrivers are >worn, I highly recommend that you purchase a new good #1 Phillips for >building the K3.
Don has given you great advice, with which I agree completely. I'll add one point, and some encouragement. First, the point -- make sure that Phillips has a magnetic tip. VERY useful when you're trying to get certain of the screws started. Now, the encouragement. I was first licensed 55 years ago, and have been on and off the air for 10-15 years at a time several times -- going to school, raising kids, running my own small biz -- and most recently got back on the air in 2003. The K3/100 is VERY easy to build. All of the boards are built and tested. You're putting together a very nicely modular chassis, mounting boards, plugging them together, and doing a few ohmmeter and voltage tests to make sure that nothing is shorted out. It takes about a day to do it all. Welcome back to ham radio. You'll find that many of us have followed your route in one form or another. I'm a member of several local ham clubs, and it seems that the majority of our members are old timers, returned from long periods off the air, mixed in with new hams of all ages. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
