K3 Question Assembled/Kit

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K3 Question Assembled/Kit

k0wa@swbell.net


As I have been reading the preliminary manual (wow!) I started to wonder about a couple of things....

I know the Kit has no alignment to do.  How do they do that?  Do they put it all together and align it...and then ship it....or does "E" just do put the PCBs on a "test" bench and tweak it?  I would think it would more cost effective to to the "test" bench.

If the "test" bench method is used....are there any stats on the difference in alignment between a Kit and and Assembled unit.  Does the Kit need to be tweaked to get the same alignment as the Assembled unit?


Will there be a different serial number for K3s that tell them apart from a Kit or an Assembled unit?  SN-134768K  or SN- 134768A?

I bet this has already been discussed here....but I cannot keep up with the volume of email and all the information.  Overload!

Lee Buller
K0WA



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Re: [K3 Question Assembled/Kit

wayne burdick
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Both kit and assembled versions go through identical hardware alignment
and testing. Kit builders get to do some final alignment -- all in
firmware -- that is done at the factory for assembled units.

There will be virtually no way to tell a customer-built K3 from a
factory-built K3, assuming you follow the instructions.

73,
Wayne
N6KR



On Sep 11, 2007, at 8:35 AM, Lee Buller wrote:

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> As I have been reading the preliminary manual (wow!) I started to
> wonder about a couple of things....

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