Peter, and Everyone
Congratulations on getting your K3. I got my kit 2 days ago and had a ball building it.
I have some advice for you.
When working with the RF board be careful of the components on the underside. There some coils mounted on a small daughter board and an additional coil elsewhere which could be damaged if the board was moved while laying on a table. After the 2D Fasteners are mounted they serve as spacers which will protect those components. Use some of the conductive bubble pack that was in the packing. It is a pink color.
The other thing is be very careful of the coils that are mounted on the top of the RF board. You have to handle the RF board a lot during assembly and you could easily break or move a wire on one of the coils.
Don't do the dumb thing that I did. I was trying the CAL on the Config screen. The book reads Config:PLL. That is what I was looking for. What they mean is Config screen then find PLL.
Have fun and when that radio comes to life you will be blown away.
73
Dave KD1NA
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