K3 on the way

[Bob - W0GI]

This is a test to see if I can get on the reflector.
 
I am sure the K3 will be easier to operate. :>)
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[Bob - W0GI]

It worked.

Now the fun begins when the big brown truck arrives on Monday.

[Mike Reublin]

You just don't know how much fun it is!

73, Mike NF4L
Bob - W0GI wrote:
> It worked.
>
> Now the fun begins when the big brown truck arrives on Monday.
>  


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[Phil Hystad]

I remember waiting (Christmas through New Years, my K3 arrived on January 4th).  And, although I was a bit apprehensive about putting together such an expensive kit, I did thoroughly enjoy doing that and look forward to the next kit.  The K3 experience just gets better each day especially when you discover new things that it can do that you never knew about.

Have fun...

73, phil, K7PEH
K3 #3799

On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Mike wrote:

> You just don't know how much fun it is!
>
> 73, Mike NF4L
> Bob - W0GI wrote:
>> It worked.
>>
>> Now the fun begins when the big brown truck arrives on Monday.
>>
>
>
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[Bob - W0GI]

I am pretty excited. It has been a few months now since I decided I wanted one. The wife required selling stuff to pay for it.  

Selling a couple Ten-Tec HF rigs, two other receivers, and a bunch of other gear that was sitting around got the job done. I don't have a ham museum anymore, but trading all that stuff for a K3 is well worth it. I will keep the Mark-V for now, but it could go too.

I ordered this to get started, but will be adding a Inrad 1500Hz filter and LP-PAN.

K3/100         K3 100W Xcvr. (Modular Kit)
KAT3            K3 ATU (Modular Kit)
KFL3A-250    K3 250 Hz, 8 pole filter
KTCXO3-1     K3 TCXO (1ppm)
KXV3A          K3 RX Ant, IF Out & Xvrtr Int

If it arrives Monday, I hope to get it on the air by Wed. evening.

Going through the manual, I am amazed what the little box will do. With the LP-PAN and PowerSDR-IF, this will be a great setup. I had an IC-756Pro for a while and did like the bandscope, but personaly didn't like it much as a CW radio.

Now I'll be in hog heaven.

 

[Bob - W0GI]

Well, it left Denver at 1:30 am this morning. That means it's sitting at the UPS facility on 61st street, only 5 miles away. But I won't see it until Monday afternoon. :>(

But then I need to clean off the work areas covered with my silly RC project stuff, and make some room.

This rig needs to be on the air by Wed. night.

I have had a lot of radios, but it's like I'm eight years old again, when I got that Knight Kit Start Roamer for Christmas. Only this time no soldering needed. :>(

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

...or things that didn't exist last week!

On 1/28/10, Phil Hystad <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> The K3 experience just gets better each day especially when you discover
> new things that it can do that you never knew about.
>
>

--

Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA
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[AD4C2009]

And that is why it will be the radio that will stay forever at your shack once it arrived.
 
AD4C
 
 


"For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3"

--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Rick Tavan N6XI <[hidden email]> wrote:


From: Rick Tavan N6XI <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 on the way
To: "Phil Hystad" <[hidden email]>
Cc: [hidden email]
Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 6:42 AM


...or things that didn't exist last week!

On 1/28/10, Phil Hystad <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> The K3 experience just gets better each day especially when you discover
> new things that it can do that you never knew about.
>
>

--

Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA
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