KRX3 received

[DL8SCG]

KRX3 Modular Kit and Filters arrives 9/17/2008

install after CQWW-RTTY

73 de Bernd
DL8SCG/KI4ERB
K3/100 #712
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[AD6XY]

Mine came today too - sent on 8th received 25th (parcelforce as we all know and hate).

Installation took 3 hours, half an hour of that was trying to get it to work and understanding all the things that need to be set up. Instructions were excellent as we have come to expect. I think replacing the side panel could come after installing the headers for the KRX3. It would make it much easier to install them.

Once installed there are some critical steps. A todo list would help here. Enable the KRX3. Turn off twice. Then the synth needs calibrating. The filter(s) need setting up. The antenna needs selecting - mine defaulted to aux effectively nothing.

Then you have to work out how it works and how to gain the most. I hope to do that tomorrow.

Mike

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[AD6XY]

I did read the preparing for operation section. That is how I knew to do the calibration of the synth and that I needed to set up the filters. These took a while because I had to remember how to do each task, having last done it last March. Setting antennas comes later and is not a tick-off item. What would help most is a simple list without any descriptive text, just to get everyone started. There is currently no quick-start guide.

On a related issue, I appear to have lost the date and time in doing the KRX3 installation. I am sure I set it OK before. Time was reset to midnight and the date was showing 00.00.00.

Mike

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[Joe Subich, W4TV-3]

Ron,

> Interesting about the clock. Did you install the cover over
> the clock battery before installing the KRX3 module?

Think a minute ... when installing the KRX3, the front panel
is removed.  Where is the battery?

Of course the RTC will be reset - it is disconnected from the
battery.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron
> D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:07 PM
> To: 'AD6XY'; [hidden email]
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KRX3 received
>
>
> Good idea Mike.
>
> Interesting about the clock. Did you install the cover over
> the clock battery before installing the KRX3 module?
>
> If so, did you make sure the cover didn't slide between the
> battery contact and the battery itself (Fig 38 pg 33)?
>
> If you forgot the cover, you may have a short from the +
> (outer rim) of the battery and the bottom of the KRX3 module.
> In that case you may need a new clock battery.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of AD6XY
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:26 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KRX3 received
>
>
>
> I did read the preparing for operation section. That is how I
> knew to do the calibration of the synth and that I needed to
> set up the filters. These took a while because I had to
> remember how to do each task, having last done it last March.
> Setting antennas comes later and is not a tick-off item. What
> would help most is a simple list without any descriptive
> text, just to get everyone started. There is currently no
> quick-start guide.
>
> On a related issue, I appear to have lost the date and time
> in doing the KRX3 installation. I am sure I set it OK before.
> Time was reset to midnight and the date was showing 00.00.00.
>
> Mike
>
>

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