Sending in for a Tuneup

[Bob Jonas]

My KX3 is my first (and only) Elecraft and I am curious about the procedure
to have have it sent in have have them do a look over of the rig.
I've had had it for a few months and would just to get a clean bill of
health.
Any comments on the procedure?
Cost?
I'll look on their website too but I wanted to hear from those that have
gone through the experience as well!
Thank you and 7 3

Bob-WX2I
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[Chris Tate - N6WM]

With your KX3 being just a few months old, my suggestion, if you are concerned about something would be to start with a phone call.  I usually send my heavy use contest equipment (K3) in every 3 or so years and that accounts for 10's of thousands of qso's.  

If your want a check up after just a few months I am assuming something is concerning you and a phone call to elecraft support would probably give you a comfort level.

Chris
N6WM
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Subject: [Elecraft] Sending in for a Tuneup

My KX3 is my first (and only) Elecraft and I am curious about the procedure
to have have it sent in have have them do a look over of the rig.
I've had had it for a few months and would just to get a clean bill of
health.
Any comments on the procedure?
Cost?
I'll look on their website too but I wanted to hear from those that have
gone through the experience as well!
Thank you and 7 3

Bob-WX2I
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[Don Wilhelm]

Bob,

If you bought it new, it had that tuneup before it left the factory -
any problems in the first year should be taken care of under warranty.
If you do have problems, the first course of action is to contact
Elecraft support.

If you bought it used, and you want it checked out at the factory the
same as would be done if it were new, you will need an RSA to send it
in.  To start that process, contact [hidden email].  Wait until
you have the RSA number and form and instructions before sending it.

I don't know what the normal time to check it out will be, but my guess
is about 1.5 hours at $99 per hour plus shipping.
It will come back to you having been reset to factory defaults with
firmware updated, so if you have established some favorite setting like
TX/RX EQ or AGC parameters, etc.  Write your settings down before
sending.  In this particular case I would suggest not relying on a saved
configuration file.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/31/2017 1:56 PM, Bob Jonas wrote:
> My KX3 is my first (and only) Elecraft and I am curious about the procedure
> to have have it sent in have have them do a look over of the rig.
> I've had had it for a few months and would just to get a clean bill of
> health.
> Any comments on the procedure?
> Cost?
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[Nr4c]

Why do you think it needs a "look over"?

Are you having issues?

To send your radio you should call customer support first and they can give you all the instructions on the procedure.

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...nr4c. bill

> On May 31, 2017, at 1:56 PM, Bob Jonas <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> My KX3 is my first (and only) Elecraft and I am curious about the procedure
> to have have it sent in have have them do a look over of the rig.
> I've had had it for a few months and would just to get a clean bill of
> health.
> Any comments on the procedure?
> Cost?
> I'll look on their website too but I wanted to hear from those that have
> gone through the experience as well!
> Thank you and 7 3
>
> Bob-WX2I
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