What a sweet dream! Everything extremely well packed and clearly marked.
Manual is very easy to follow. Build quality is excellent. The inventory
is well worth doing. I numbered the different screws down the side of
the manual page, separated them into different compartments of a couple
of pattie (muffin) tins and marked the compartments with a felt tipped
pen. That made selection much simpler.
I only encountered two small problems - Fitting the front panel unit to
the main board. With two pairs of connectors and not being able to see
one pair when watching the other, it was a bit of a juggling act and the
first try I didn't get it mated correctly, 2nd go was fine. I found
tightening the set-screws on the concentric knob fiddly.
First QSO was with N0SS on 20CW (K3), then YV1NX followed by W7QC (K3.)
The CW sidetone is really smooth and very pleasant to listen to, I felt
I could have sat at 35wpm all day. Tx power level very stable so setting
uo the Acom 1000 amp was quick and easy. Receiver sounds really good, I
haven't had time to evaluate it in tough condx. G to W7/0 is hardly
testing at present. 80m CW sounds good and the NR seems to help reducee
power line noise on my 70ft vertical. The one thing I really like is the
variable width control on receive.
I went for the K3 as I felt the K2 (which I sold last June) lacked was
good but lacked finesse. Well this has got all the things that I wanted
and more. I now need to integrate it into my SO2R system then I can do
direct comparisons with the FT1kMP. I hope to be active over this
weekend in CQWW 160CW, after which I will investigate SSB.
It has been along frustrating wait, not helped by poor communication,
unrealistic shipping dates, and also the constant harping and whining of
the those who think we should not complain. For me the Elecraft
experience has been tarnished by both of those aspects, and it will take
some time to recover. For now though I can savour the sweet K3!
Chris G3SJJ
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