Phil, Believe me, it is not much more trouble to install the SubRX later than it is during the initial construction. I think the biggest headache of adding the SubRX is routing the cables. Some will say that removing the Front Panel to add the 2nd DSP board is the hardest part, but if you have assembled your K3 from the kit version, it will be easy for you. That feeling of difficulty is natural for those who have purchased a factory built K3. One of the advantages of building the kit version is that you do become familiar with how it goes together.
I would even say that if you are mostly a casual operator (and especially if you are working on a budget), you may want to order only the basic K3 (plus KAT3 if you do not have all resonant antennas) and operate it for a while before deciding on the additional filters and options that you would like to have in it. Once the SubRX is in place, adding filters to the main board is more difficult, so you ideally would want to determine the filter set you want to end up in both the main and SubRX before actually adding the SubRX - that is only my opinion, others may (and will) differ. 73, Don W3FPR Phil Hystad wrote: > Dave, > > Thanks for your comments and I do agree with the notion that given that the > K3 is so modular that "...you can always add it later" -- albeit, with a but > and a however... > > But and However -- I hear that there is an extra degree of complexity and > rework to put in the sub-receiver later so if I think I might want it later > then it behooves me to get it up front. Now, I am still on the fence, it may > come down to the cost of the whole configuration. > > phil > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
