Elecraft's attention to detail

[Nate Bargmann]

I've owned my K3 for going on 8 years.  Over that time I have added
various modules, KAT3, module for P3 support, KSYN3A, and now the most
ambitious project of them all, last night I added the KRX3 and KBPF3.  I
had ordered this last upgrade back in November and it sat in the box
until a week ago thispast Thursday afternoon.

Not only was the fitment of the new parts with each other as near
perfection as it gets, so was the fitment of the parts ordered last year
with a radio ordered over seven years before.  Each upgrade has fit
perfectly and worked without issue out of the box.  My hat's off to the
fine folks at Elecraft who not only designed such a high performing
radio but also for being able to achieve the second goal of a kit that
can be upgraded at will.  Even the dreaded removal and reinstallation of
the front panel went without a hitch!

Other than operator error when configuring the KBPF3 as installed on the
main board rather than the sub receiver, everything came up without
issue.  Now being able to monitor overlapping nets this morning is
something I've wanted for a long time.  Very nice.

What really drove home Elecraft's attention to detail was when I was
installing the filters into the KRX3.  Comparing the five pole filters I
ordered last year to the I ordered with the K3 in 2010, I found that
their offsets are only 10 Hz apart.  I do not recall asking for matched
filters and seeing that the order processing and fulfillment departments
not only had the filter information from 2010 but they also took the
time and care to match filters as closely as possible impressed me
enough that I just had to type this missive.  I do plan on experimenting
with diversity receive and Elecraft has made it possible that I can do
so without having to buy matched filter sets.  Job well done!

73, Nate, N0NB

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[Gary Smith-2]

Well said.

I own a K3s and also a K3. The K3 was to
go to a friend who wanted me to set it up
for him. He didn't like the low serial so
I gave him the K3 I built instead and I
kept the K3, it is my back-up rig and if I
unplug the K3s, I plug everything into the
K3 exactly the same way, same cords, same
connections to the P3, same everything.

Point is this K3 is serial # 202 and it
has every user and factory upgrade and
update ever done for the K3 except for it
does not have the new tuner with the
bypass relay and I haven't done the KPOD
mod. Everything else it is has is an
upgrade making it equal to the K3s. I
trust that old 10 year old K3 every bit as
much as I trust this new K3s.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> I've owned my K3 for going on 8 years.  Over that time I have added
> various modules, KAT3, module for P3 support, KSYN3A, and now the most
> ambitious project of them all, last night I added the KRX3 and KBPF3.
> I had ordered this last upgrade back in November and it sat in the box
> until a week ago thispast Thursday afternoon.
>
> Not only was the fitment of the new parts with each other as near
> perfection as it gets, so was the fitment of the parts ordered last
> year with a radio ordered over seven years before.  Each upgrade has
> fit perfectly and worked without issue out of the box.  My hat's off
> to the fine folks at Elecraft who not only designed such a high
> performing radio but also for being able to achieve the second goal of
> a kit that can be upgraded at will.  Even the dreaded removal and
> reinstallation of the front panel went without a hitch!
>
> Other than operator error when configuring the KBPF3 as installed on
> the main board rather than the sub receiver, everything came up
> without issue.  Now being able to monitor overlapping nets this
> morning is something I've wanted for a long time.  Very nice.
>
> What really drove home Elecraft's attention to detail was when I was
> installing the filters into the KRX3.  Comparing the five pole filters
> I ordered last year to the I ordered with the K3 in 2010, I found that
> their offsets are only 10 Hz apart.  I do not recall asking for
> matched filters and seeing that the order processing and fulfillment
> departments not only had the filter information from 2010 but they
> also took the time and care to match filters as closely as possible
> impressed me enough that I just had to type this missive.  I do plan
> on experimenting with diversity receive and Elecraft has made it
> possible that I can do so without having to buy matched filter sets.
> Job well done!
>
> 73, Nate, N0NB
>
> --
>
> "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
> possible worlds.  The pessimist fears this is true."
>
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