Re: [Elecraft] K3 SN # 4072, first impressions

2010-03-22 Thread Screwtop
Hi Mine,# 4006, started its journey through the post on 25th Feb and I picked it up from the ParcelForce depot in Perth on the 18th March. It took me about 2 1/2 days (at 9hrs/day) to stick the inards into the box. The radilo is a fine piece of kit. It's hooked up to a PC via DXLabs'

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SN # 4072, first impressions

2010-03-22 Thread Chuck Shefflette
Now with another evening in the books, I'm even more impressed. 20M was open to the west coast and I heard John - N6JW - working stations so I managed to get him. First call was with 25W, I was at his noise level so I bumped it up to 75W and we talked for a few minutes. He helped me through

[Elecraft] K3 SN # 4072, first impressions

2010-03-21 Thread Chuck Shefflette
I received kit #4072 on Thursday, opened the box and made sure it looked like it was all there. Unpacked and inventoried on Friday evening, started the assembly. I finished the assembly on Saturday, 20 March, and was quite happy when it ran through all its calibrations and was able to even

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SN # 4072, first impressions

2010-03-21 Thread Don Cunningham
Good job, Chuck. You were a little quicker than me, as I got my K3 on Friday morning and finished also Saturday evening, so I got an afternoon's start on you, hi. I too am very impressed with mine, but have yet to actually put it on the antenna. We had snow, ice and rain this weekend, and I