KSYN3A Install Doc Suggestion

[Gary Ferdinand]

I’m a very satisfied K3 owner.  Today I installed the two KSYN3A boards according to the documentation.   My K3 has the internal 2 meter transverter (K144XV) installed, so I had a few extra steps to perform above a 2-board, no transverter configuration.

I got hung up a few minutes on page 14.  A couple of extra sentences would have eliminated the extra time spent at this step.  

I suggest the instructions also state that the cable that used to be run from the K144XV from the REF OUT jack be reused between KREF3 J2 and MAIN KSYN3A J83.  The cable supplied with the kit is an 8.5” cable and the diagram, figure 12, shows a 5” cable here.  Not that the cable length matters much, but the lack of clarity of this point had me wondering if I had missed something involving the “extra” cable.  Further stating that I would end up with an unused 8.5” cable would also have helped.

Additionally, in Figure 12 the MAIN board is mislabeled as KSYN3 instead of KSYN3A.  

All in all a smooth installation. Thanks for the improvements!  

73/Gary W2CS





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[Phil Wheeler-2]

Best part was NOT having to reinstall those split
washers :-)

Phil W7OX

On 2/20/15 7:04 PM, Gary Ferdinand wrote:

> I’m a very satisfied K3 owner.  Today I installed the two KSYN3A boards according to the documentation.   My K3 has the internal 2 meter transverter (K144XV) installed, so I had a few extra steps to perform above a 2-board, no transverter configuration.
>
> I got hung up a few minutes on page 14.  A couple of extra sentences would have eliminated the extra time spent at this step.
>
> I suggest the instructions also state that the cable that used to be run from the K144XV from the REF OUT jack be reused between KREF3 J2 and MAIN KSYN3A J83.  The cable supplied with the kit is an 8.5” cable and the diagram, figure 12, shows a 5” cable here.  Not that the cable length matters much, but the lack of clarity of this point had me wondering if I had missed something involving the “extra” cable.  Further stating that I would end up with an unused 8.5” cable would also have helped.
>
> Additionally, in Figure 12 the MAIN board is mislabeled as KSYN3 instead of KSYN3A.
>
> All in all a smooth installation. Thanks for the improvements!
>
> 73/Gary W2CS

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[Gary Smith-2]

If that ain't the truth!

What I do with things like putting those split washers into a hard to
access situation is to take a piece of tape, put the sticky side on
my jeans, pull it off with the accompanying lint and then pressing
the washer onto the tape. It'll hold the washer in place and let you
align the washer properly but won't grip onto it so tightly it's a
problem to pull out after all is in alignment. Hemostats are
invaluable to holding the tape just so.

As you mentioned, we don't have to do this when installing the
replacement boards but it's a neat trick that works great. Just
thought this would be a good time to mention this little trick, when
you do need to deal with that kind of an issue, it saves a lot of
swearing...

73,

Gary
KA1J

> Best part was NOT having to reinstall those split
> washers :-)
>
> Phil W7OX
>
> On 2/20/15 7:04 PM, Gary Ferdinand wrote:
> > I´m a very satisfied K3 owner.  Today I installed the two KSYN3A boards according to the documentation.   My K3 has the internal 2 meter transverter (K144XV) installed, so I had a few extra steps to perform above a 2-board, no transverter configuration.
> >
> > I got hung up a few minutes on page 14.  A couple of extra sentences would have eliminated the extra time spent at this step.
> >
> > I suggest the instructions also state that the cable that used to be run from the K144XV from the REF OUT jack be reused between KREF3 J2 and MAIN KSYN3A J83.  The cable supplied with the kit is an 8.5" cable and the diagram, figure 12, shows a 5" cable here.  Not that the cable length matters much, but the lack of clarity of this point had me wondering if I had missed something involving the oeextra cable.  Further stating that I would end up with an unused 8.5 cable would also have helped.
> >
> > Additionally, in Figure 12 the MAIN board is mislabeled as KSYN3 instead of KSYN3A.
> >
> > All in all a smooth installation. Thanks for the improvements!
> >
> > 73/Gary W2CS
>
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[Phil Wheeler-2]

Nice tip, Gary: Thanks (just in case!).

73, Phil W7OX

On 2/20/15 9:28 PM, Gary Smith wrote:

> What I do with things like putting those split washers into a hard to
> access situation is to take a piece of tape, put the sticky side on
> my jeans, pull it off with the accompanying lint and then pressing
> the washer onto the tape. It'll hold the washer in place and let you
> align the washer properly but won't grip onto it so tightly it's a
> problem to pull out after all is in alignment. Hemostats are
> invaluable to holding the tape just so.
>
> 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
>> Best part was NOT having to reinstall those split
>> washers :-)
>>
>> Phil W7OX

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