For the Beancounters
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To add to the statistics (They are still being kept, aren't they?):
February 12: Ordered K3 February 13: Added items which, in my excitement, had been left off of the order February 14: Received confirmation of order April 24: Made changes to the order due to financial problems. June 24: received Katiegram, made changes again to bring order back into line with the original order. July 2: received brown box as I was going back to work after lunch -- decided not to go back to work ;) 1:35 pm - began inventory of parts. -- even counting the number of screws and washers -- was impressed with the accuracy of tedious counting which packers Patricia, Marina, Dina and Rachel must go through each day! 2:30 pm - began assembly 8:00 pm - quit for the night with following difficulties: 1) 2.8 KHz filter came in box marked "Possibly bad" 2) KANT3 board missing L3 (Had been soldered in, but wires broke off before shipping) 3) cut - off wire stuck in pin 7 of J76, preventing insertion of K103A board. (used a needle to pry the wire out of the pin.) 4) when tightening center front cover screw, the front panel board was squeezed, making the LCD screen have a dark area (semi-circle about 1.5" by .5") in the center top of the display) Contacted Elecraft as each difficulty was discovered, and they were fast to respond each time. -- They receive an A++ grade for the replies and willingness to help. July 3: Soldered temporary wire in place of L3 so I could test the radio. Inserted "possibly bad" filter anyway. Veerrry carefully used box knife to shave off top and bottom of display board circuit board which had extensions of where it had been broken off larger board in production, thus reducing the size of the board by probably 0.1 - 0.2 mm, and preventing it from being squeezed when top screw was tightened. (A repair not sanctioned by Elecraft, but one that was approved by this builder) Result: Radio seems to be working beautifully! (At least in receive mode. I have aligned and calibrated the power out into a dummy load, but will not transmit on the air without the replacement boards and crystal filter) I will wait to insert KPA3 power amplifier until after receiving replacement board for KANT3-- In fact, I will order the KAT3 to put in its place. Am I disappointed in the problems? Not really. There was a large fire going on across the road from the plant when this radio was packed, they were getting ready for the July 4th break, and the L3 problem has been noted before, as has the filter problem and the cutting of the PCBs. If these are the only problems in a project as complex as the K3, then they are still averaging a score of 98-99 out of 100, in my book. Thanks, Elecraft for a job well done! K3/100 Ser # 01171 KBPF3 KFL3A-400 KFL3B-FM KFL3A-2.8K KTCX03-1 KXV3 KRX3 - backordered KFL3A-2.8K - backordered KFL3A-6K - backordered KAT3 - on order "There are 10 types of people in the world -- those who understand binary and those who don't." William Evans [hidden email] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Yes I'm still working on keeping stats...
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Down here, not showing up for work when you have something far more
interesting, important, or just downright enjoyable to do, is called, "taking a sickie". 73 Kevin VK3DAP / ZL2DAP William Evans wrote: <snip> > July 2: received brown box as I was going back to work after lunch > -- decided not to go back to work ;) > <snip> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Hi William,
1. I apologize for the mis-marked 2.8 kHz filter cardboard box. We usually dispose of and marked up boxes and use new ones when shipping filters. Your filter should be good, but we'll replace it if needed. 2. We are removing L3 on all KANT3s now at the factory as we found this filter is not required. You do NOT need a replacement for the KANT3. Do NOT replace L3 with a wire on the KANT3. It was OK as is. That wire will short your rig's output through a small tuning cap to ground, reducing sensitivity, and you will blow that cap if you transmit . Regards, Eric WA6HHQ William Evans wrote: > 1) 2.8 KHz filter came in box marked "Possibly bad" > 2) KANT3 board missing L3 (Had been soldered in, but > wires broke off before shipping) > > July 3: Soldered temporary wire in place of L3 so I could test the > radio. Inserted "possibly bad" filter anyway. > > Result: Radio seems to be working beautifully! (At least in receive > mode. I have aligned and calibrated the power out into a dummy load, > but will not transmit on the air without the replacement boards and > crystal filter) I will wait to insert KPA3 power amplifier until after > receiving replacement board for KANT3-- In fact, I will order the KAT3 > to put in its place. Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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