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Here is the official reply form [hidden email] about the KBPF3 Standoff and the toroid.....

Support said......

That's okay. I spoke with Wayne about  it, and he said there was no problem with:
 
 1) The toroid touching the stand off. It  won't affect the circuit performance.
 
 2) Moving the toroid slightly, if there is  sufficient lead length, so it doesn't touch.
 
 That's covered in the latest manual errata,  but it was  released only last week  and I see it's not yet on the  Elecraft web site.

End of message....

This was Build Concern #1 for me....because I am super cautious.

Lee - K0WA

 

 

In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense.  Is Common Sense divine?
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[Joseph M. Durnal]

When it comes to reviews, I tend to focus on the bad ones as the good
ones could simply represent someones feeling that they spent plenty of
money on something, it must be good.  When it comes to ham gear, a bad
review without a call sign doesn't get much weight.  I suppose the
reviewer in this case could have made up for it by giving the serial
number of his K3, but that wasn't included either.  I don't think it
is a true review.  Of course, my K3 has been ordered, my review will
follow after I feel I know the radio, it could be a few weeks, or it
could be a few months, I won't know until I know.

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Bob DeHaney <[hidden email]> wrote:
> The reviewer (Solardx, no call sign) gives a very bad transmitter (SSB)
> review.  He claims lots of splatter and ineffective speech processing as
> well as high IMD products.  I have yet to hear a K3 but no one else has
> noticed such problems?
>
> Vy 73, Bob WU5T/DJ0MBC
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[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

I should quit now, but I just realized that a bad review is a good thing
in one respect, it shows that if you get a bad radio, you're not alone.
There's probably TWO out there. :)

Honestly, I doubt all the radios are working at the time they're
received, but if you listen to some of the goings on here you'd think
that a bad radio means it's all your fault and you might as well find a
new hobby.

The good thing is that Elecraft (and Don, and Tom, and please excuse me
if I forgot your name here) will help you fix things. If we could only
focus on that.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Joseph M. Durnal wrote:

> When it comes to reviews, I tend to focus on the bad ones as the good
> ones could simply represent someones feeling that they spent plenty of
> money on something, it must be good.  When it comes to ham gear, a bad
> review without a call sign doesn't get much weight.  I suppose the
> reviewer in this case could have made up for it by giving the serial
> number of his K3, but that wasn't included either.  I don't think it
> is a true review.  Of course, my K3 has been ordered, my review will
> follow after I feel I know the radio, it could be a few weeks, or it
> could be a few months, I won't know until I know.
>
> 73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Bob DeHaney <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> The reviewer (Solardx, no call sign) gives a very bad transmitter (SSB)
>> review.  He claims lots of splatter and ineffective speech processing as
>> well as high IMD products.  I have yet to hear a K3 but no one else has
>> noticed such problems?
>>
>> Vy 73, Bob WU5T/DJ0MBC

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BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte
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[Dave Andrus-3]

What also doesn't get much weight, at least for me, are the bad eHam  
reviews that are themselves "bad."

They often show the reviewer has poor command of such things as, say,  
the english language, his keyboard (love those "all caps" reviews!),  
his emotions, etc.  Far too many of these:

"It dosent' werk!  I hate cmpany X.  Dont by there stuff!" [sic, sic,  
sic, sic and sic]
"I PLUGGED IT IN W/O READING MANUAL--IT BLOWED UP!  THEY SUX!!" [sic,  
etc.]

Sometimes I'm embarrassed to admit I'm a ham...

On the other hand, the well-written, balanced, but negative reviews  
are so very useful--when they can be found.  They are often in very  
short supply.  I don't mean that the reviewer be capable of writing  
the next great novel, but for a hobby that prides itself on being a  
group of communicators, more than a few seem to be incapable of  
communicating at a basic level.

73,

Dave K7DAA
http://www.k7daa.com

On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:22 AM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote:

> When it comes to reviews, I tend to focus on the bad ones as the good
> ones could simply represent someones feeling that they spent plenty of
> money on something, it must be good.  When it comes to ham gear, a bad
> review without a call sign doesn't get much weight.  I suppose the
> reviewer in this case could have made up for it by giving the serial
> number of his K3, but that wasn't included either.  I don't think it
> is a true review.  Of course, my K3 has been ordered, my review will
> follow after I feel I know the radio, it could be a few weeks, or it
> could be a few months, I won't know until I know.
>
> 73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Bob DeHaney <[hidden email]>  
> wrote:
>> The reviewer (Solardx, no call sign) gives a very bad transmitter  
>> (SSB)
>> review.  He claims lots of splatter and ineffective speech  
>> processing as
>> well as high IMD products.  I have yet to hear a K3 but no one else  
>> has
>> noticed such problems?
>>
>> Vy 73, Bob WU5T/DJ0MBC
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