K3 learning begins

[Bill Davis Jr]

  UPS delivered the K3 "parts" yesterday late afternoon and Ser# 3460 came to life this morning. Generally a straight forward build. The front face plate had a HARD interference issue with "speed" LED ... from the rear I slightly elongated the front panel cutout a smidgen and then all went well.

  A K3/10 destined for mostly 50Mhz-10Ghz operations with transverters except for 6m.

  SO many menus a  the "depth" of controls ... This is going to take some serious time to become familiar. I have operated Icoms and Flexs too long.

73  Bill K0AWU  EN37ed
     
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[K5DNL]

Bill,

Congrats on the new K3, You will like it

73 Ken K5DNL

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--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Bill Davis Jr <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Bill Davis Jr <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 learning begins
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 10:05 AM
>
>   UPS delivered the K3 "parts" yesterday late
> afternoon and Ser# 3460 came to life this morning. Generally
> a straight forward build. The front face plate had a HARD
> interference issue with "speed" LED ... from the rear I
> slightly elongated the front panel cutout a smidgen and then
> all went well.
>
>   A K3/10 destined for mostly 50Mhz-10Ghz operations
> with transverters except for 6m.
>
>   SO many menus a  the "depth" of controls ...
> This is going to take some serious time to become familiar.
> I have operated Icoms and Flexs too long.
>
> 73  Bill K0AWU  EN37ed
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[Rick Tavan N6XI]

Yes, there are a lot of options controlled by menus. The good news is that
you can learn them at your leisure because the rig works superbly out of the
box (or off the bench) with very little menu manipulation.

/Rick N6XI

On 9/17/09, Bill Davis Jr <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>   SO many menus a  the "depth" of controls ... This is going to take some
> serious time to become familiar. I have operated Icoms and Flexs too long.
>
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