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Hi all,
Well the K3 #4116 build finished up this am. Last night I was ill with allergies (our spring Juniper season is here hi hi) and couldn't sleep, so I just kept going back to the table and pecking at the K3 in between allergy meds and etc until early in the am. Finally, I noticed I was out of boards and parts. Then a little while ago after a fitful, sniffly nap the manual just said well, you're done now so go do the calibration.
Just got through with those and the rig is currently working as far as I can tell.
And just like with my K2, I havn't had any problems with the build and the rig seems to function fine in the end first time out. Maybe I'll find what's not working right as I go through and try out all the functions or something hi hi....
The only goof was I put the tie wrap on the TCXO module wrong and had to cut it off. No spare was supplied and I had another smaller wrap that ended up being too short to use. The module is a tight fit in the socket and is right down, so I'm probably going to simply leave it off. Is there a definite reason to tie wrap the TCXO onto the socket? Like I said it's such a tight fit it doesn't seem like the wrap is necessary. I'll go get another one today tho if there's a definite need for it (during the calibration, it was only off WWV 10mhz by maybe 10 or 20 hz and zero-beated just fine that I could tell)
I also can't think of anything that was really tough about the build. Even the front panel attachment went pretty smoothly. The parts inventory was probably the hardest part and that was about it.
So, all that's left now I think it just to learn how to use the rig, hi hi. And get a KUSB adapter..
73,
LS
W5QD
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