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TKNorris

K3S New Builder (Tom NB5Q)

My first post, new builder, old man (74 years young!). I've been inactive
for some time but looking forward to getting back on CW with the new K3S,
P3 kits. I'm sure I will be back here for your valued and experienced
assistance during the build and setup. I have searched for and read a lot
of the posts on the list pertaining to assembling Elecraft kits. Thank you
and I hope to use a lot of the information in those posts. If you have any
up front advice in the assembly or setup of the following parts, I hope you
will share it with me.

K3S 100W Xcvr. Kit ; P3-K Panadapter Kit; External Speaker; The Elecraft
K3S and P3 by Fred Cady; K3S ATU; K3S Gen. Cov. RX Module; KFL3C-400; 2.8
for 2.7 kHz swap; KFL3B-FM; P3 Video/FFT Adapt.; P3 TX Monitor Adapt; 1.8-54
MHz 200W; incl. P3TXMON

Thanks a lot,
Tom Norris NB5Q New Mexico
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Don Wilhelm

Re: K3S New Builder (Tom NB5Q)

Tom,

The best advice I can offer is to:
- follow the instructions as written, they are correct.
- Make certain you use the correct screw lengths (measure them if
necessary).
- Do not jump around in the instructions, the order presented is for a
purpose. Start at the beginning and work to completion.
- Work on one kit at a time. Start with the K3S and all its options,
then when working, start on the P3. Connect them together as shown in
the Owner's manual(s).

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/1/2017 11:11 PM, Tom Norris wrote:
> My first post, new builder, old man (74 years young!). I've been inactive
> for some time but looking forward to getting back on CW with the new K3S,
> P3 kits. I'm sure I will be back here for your valued and experienced
> assistance during the build and setup. I have searched for and read a lot
> of the posts on the list pertaining to assembling Elecraft kits. Thank you
> and I hope to use a lot of the information in those posts. If you have any
> up front advice in the assembly or setup of the following parts, I hope you
> will share it with me.
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stengrevics

Re: K3S New Builder (Tom NB5Q)

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HI Tom,

I, like you, chose to get back into ham radio after many years by building the K3S.

Don suggestions are right on the money. Follow the instructions to the letter.

I made 3 small errors, all found with the help of Elecraft tech support, and I think with Don’s help as well. I attribute the errors to trying to work too late into the night. So, don’t try to overdo and don’t rush it.

73,

John
WA1EAZ

> On Dec 1, 2017, at 11:11 PM, Tom Norris <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> My first post, new builder, old man (74 years young!). I've been inactive
> for some time but looking forward to getting back on CW with the new K3S,
> P3 kits. I'm sure I will be back here for your valued and experienced
> assistance during the build and setup. I have searched for and read a lot
> of the posts on the list pertaining to assembling Elecraft kits. Thank you
> and I hope to use a lot of the information in those posts. If you have any
> up front advice in the assembly or setup of the following parts, I hope you
> will share it with me.
>
> K3S 100W Xcvr. Kit ; P3-K Panadapter Kit; External Speaker; The Elecraft
> K3S and P3 by Fred Cady; K3S ATU; K3S Gen. Cov. RX Module; KFL3C-400; 2.8
> for 2.7 kHz swap; KFL3B-FM; P3 Video/FFT Adapt.; P3 TX Monitor Adapt; 1.8-54
> MHz 200W; incl. P3TXMON
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Tom Norris NB5Q New Mexico
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Mark Goldberg

Re: K3S New Builder (Tom NB5Q)

I agree with all this advice. I can tell you that any questions you have
will be answered by the fine people on the Elecraft forums, and if they
can't, Elecraft provides exceptional help. I have built three Elecraft kits
and got help from one of the designers on one of the forums, on a weekend,
when I had an issue. You will not get help like that from anyone else.

One thing I do for screws and small parts that are NOT ESD sensitive is to
count, measure and sort them all out into labeled bins of something like a
bead organizer first. Then you know you have what you need ahead of time. I
use the ones with individual round, screw top containers and put little
post it note labels on each. Work on a clean ESD protected surface and keep
the NON ESD parts bins away.

Best of luck and there is great satisfaction in building what you use.

73,

Mark
W7MLG

On Dec 2, 2017 5:45 AM, "John Stengrevics" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> HI Tom,
>
> I, like you, chose to get back into ham radio after many years by building
> the K3S.
>
> Don suggestions are right on the money. Follow the instructions to the
> letter.
>
> I made 3 small errors, all found with the help of Elecraft tech support,
> and I think with Don’s help as well. I attribute the errors to trying to
> work too late into the night. So, don’t try to overdo and don’t rush it.
>
> 73,
>
> John
> WA1EAZ
>
> > On Dec 1, 2017, at 11:11 PM, Tom Norris <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > My first post, new builder, old man (74 years young!). I've been inactive
> > for some time but looking forward to getting back on CW with the new K3S,
> > P3 kits. I'm sure I will be back here for your valued and experienced
> > assistance during the build and setup. I have searched for and read a lot
> > of the posts on the list pertaining to assembling Elecraft kits. Thank
> you
> > and I hope to use a lot of the information in those posts. If you have
> any
> > up front advice in the assembly or setup of the following parts, I hope
> you
> > will share it with me.
> >
> > K3S 100W Xcvr. Kit ; P3-K Panadapter Kit; External Speaker; The Elecraft
> > K3S and P3 by Fred Cady; K3S ATU; K3S Gen. Cov. RX Module; KFL3C-400; 2.8
> > for 2.7 kHz swap; KFL3B-FM; P3 Video/FFT Adapt.; P3 TX Monitor Adapt;
> 1.8-54
> > MHz 200W; incl. P3TXMON
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Tom Norris NB5Q New Mexico
> > ______________________________________________________________
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TKNorris

Re: K3S New Builder (Tom NB5Q)

Thank you all for the advice. I'm looking forward to beginning and I plan
to pace myself and since I'm the caregiver for my wife I will have to
ration things out. I'm sure I will be back, all of the posts are very
interesting and seem to always generate a lot of interest and knowledgable
answers.

73,

Tom
NB5Q

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 7:27 AM, Mark Goldberg <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> I agree with all this advice. I can tell you that any questions you have
> will be answered by the fine people on the Elecraft forums, and if they
> can't, Elecraft provides exceptional help. I have built three Elecraft kits
> and got help from one of the designers on one of the forums, on a weekend,
> when I had an issue. You will not get help like that from anyone else.
>
> One thing I do for screws and small parts that are NOT ESD sensitive is to
> count, measure and sort them all out into labeled bins of something like a
> bead organizer first. Then you know you have what you need ahead of time. I
> use the ones with individual round, screw top containers and put little
> post it note labels on each. Work on a clean ESD protected surface and keep
> the NON ESD parts bins away.
>
> Best of luck and there is great satisfaction in building what you use.
>
> 73,
>
> Mark
> W7MLG
>
> On Dec 2, 2017 5:45 AM, "John Stengrevics" <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> HI Tom,
>>
>> I, like you, chose to get back into ham radio after many years by
>> building the K3S.
>>
>> Don suggestions are right on the money. Follow the instructions to the
>> letter.
>>
>> I made 3 small errors, all found with the help of Elecraft tech support,
>> and I think with Don’s help as well. I attribute the errors to trying to
>> work too late into the night. So, don’t try to overdo and don’t rush it.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> John
>> WA1EAZ
>>
>> > On Dec 1, 2017, at 11:11 PM, Tom Norris <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> >
>> > My first post, new builder, old man (74 years young!). I've been
>> inactive
>> > for some time but looking forward to getting back on CW with the new
>> K3S,
>> > P3 kits. I'm sure I will be back here for your valued and experienced
>> > assistance during the build and setup. I have searched for and read a
>> lot
>> > of the posts on the list pertaining to assembling Elecraft kits. Thank
>> you
>> > and I hope to use a lot of the information in those posts. If you have
>> any
>> > up front advice in the assembly or setup of the following parts, I hope
>> you
>> > will share it with me.
>> >
>> > K3S 100W Xcvr. Kit ; P3-K Panadapter Kit; External Speaker; The Elecraft
>> > K3S and P3 by Fred Cady; K3S ATU; K3S Gen. Cov. RX Module; KFL3C-400;
>> 2.8
>> > for 2.7 kHz swap; KFL3B-FM; P3 Video/FFT Adapt.; P3 TX Monitor Adapt;
>> 1.8-54
>> > MHz 200W; incl. P3TXMON
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot,
>> > Tom Norris NB5Q New Mexico
>> > ______________________________________________________________
>> > Elecraft mailing list
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>

Ian-2

Re: K3S New Builder (Tom NB5Q)

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Hi Tom,

See http://n8ik.net/kitbuilding.php for the build sequence for my K3S.

73, Ian N8IK

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Tom Norris <[hidden email]> wrote:

> My first post, new builder, old man (74 years young!). I've been inactive
> for some time but looking forward to getting back on CW with the new K3S,
> P3 kits. I'm sure I will be back here for your valued and experienced
> assistance during the build and setup. I have searched for and read a lot
> of the posts on the list pertaining to assembling Elecraft kits. Thank you
> and I hope to use a lot of the information in those posts. If you have any
> up front advice in the assembly or setup of the following parts, I hope you
> will share it with me.
>
> K3S 100W Xcvr. Kit ; P3-K Panadapter Kit; External Speaker; The Elecraft
> K3S and P3 by Fred Cady; K3S ATU; K3S Gen. Cov. RX Module; KFL3C-400; 2.8
> for 2.7 kHz swap; KFL3B-FM; P3 Video/FFT Adapt.; P3 TX Monitor Adapt;
> 1.8-54
> MHz 200W; incl. P3TXMON
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Tom Norris NB5Q New Mexico
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