It's not hard, but be careful plugging in the small coax cables. If they
seem to require a lot of force, you may not have aligned the center pin
with the contact in the jack on the KRX3 board. Too much force can
damage the jack or the board.
On 3/27/2014 5:23 PM, Charles Tropp wrote:
Hi
I have heard a few stories about the difficulty of installing the KRX3
sub-receiver into a K3. Is there a consensus as to whether this is difficult,
moderate, or reasonably easy straight-forward to install.
Thanks,
73, phil, K7PEH
Not difficult,just involved. A second DSP board needs to be mounted
to the front panel and a second VCO board needs to be mounted to the
bulkhead. After that it's easy.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 3/27/2014 7:07 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
I have heard a few stories about the difficulty of
Hi Phil,
easy ... been there, done that.
It only gets difficult if you want to add other options that are mounted below
the KRX3 after you did install it as you have to reverse the whole process
than! So think about it (i.e. additional filters for the main RX) beforehand
and combine it with
I just did this last weekend. Put the whole K3 together, including the KRX3.
Just don’t forget to remove the chassis stiffener and all will be well.
Oh, and those little coax interconnects that are on the back side of the front
panel need to be nice and neat and out of the way.
KRX3 went in very
...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 16:07 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] KRX3 K3 Subreceiver Install
I have heard a few stories about the difficulty of installing the KRX3
sub-receiver into a K3. Is there a consensus as to whether
Hi Phil,
I installed my sub-receiver a few months ago without difficulty. If you
have been inside your K3 previously, all will seem familiar. If not,
just follow the directions precisely and you will have no trouble. Don't
forget to install all your filters for the main receiver before you
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