wasn't it less then a month ago that you said you weren't going to use HF in
your current location?
Not to mention VHF?
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: Fw: k3 progress report
> Hi Everyone;
>
> Please read this e-mail.
>
> Putting together the K3 is going to be an interesting challenge however,
I'm
> going to do it.
>
> If anyone would like to help out, it would be most appreciated.
>
> Hope everyone is having a great spring which ushers in the start of the
> baseball season.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:39 PM
> Subject: k3 progress report
>
>
> > Well folks, the k3 is put together and installed. I still have some
> > configuration issues to resolve, but this will come.
> > Here are my impressions of the kit build.
> > Background
> > With the help of a local ham friend the saga began a week ago last
Friday,
> > April 4.
> > Since Dale is the sighted one of us, he did the parts inventory. We
ended
> > up being 2 screws and 1 lockwasher short. This, however, was no
problem
> > since he had some leftovers from his recent k2 build. This inventory
> > took
> > three hours.
> > On Monday we began to build in earnest. The k3 assembly manual has a
good
> > deal of text, but relies heavily on photos and diagrams. Therefore,
with
> > Dale finding parts, and verifying locations and orientations visually, i
> > did
> > all the building except for three places where I just couldn't get my
> > fingers in to hold the screw to start it.
> > All boards plug into pin connectors, and there are no wiring harnesses.
> > In all, the total time from opening the box to moving into the shack was
> > approximately 23 hours.
> > The build is easily accomplished with sighted assistance, I was even
> > catching Dale's mistakes in interpreting the assembly manual.
> > Calibration and setup
> > The k3 has an interesting menu system in which the vfo b control is
used
> > to
> > select submenus and the vfo a is then used to choose specific settings
> > within each submenu. Calibration consisted of starting the frequency
> > synthesizer self test, selecting the installed filters, assigning a
> > default
> > filter to each mode, and calibrating output power readings.
> > Since the speech option is not yet available, this requires someone to
> > read
> > the screen,. However, this does not detract from one's understanding of
> > the
> > procedure.
> > Operation
> > Basic operation is pretty simple. The k3 allows for direct keypad
> > frequency
> > entry, and with a little memorization of buttton locations, it can be
> > operated without speech.
> > Functions such as filter selection, keyer speed selection, antenna
tuning,
> > cw spotting, and filter width adjustment all have their own buttons.
> > Basic
> > operation does not involve use of the menus.
> > Conclusions
> > I believe that once speech exists for this rig, it will be the best
thing
> > out there. So far, most reviews are comparing it favorably with rigs
like
> > the icom 7800. That's high praise indeed for a $2,000 rig.
> > I am waiting for an answer from elecraft as to being able to use the
krc2
> > for cw output of displays until speech is ready.
> > I'll keep everyone posted on further progress.
> > If anyone has questions, just write and I'll try to answer them.
> > 73 all
> >
> >
>
>
>
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