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My K3 number 40

In April 2007, the K3 was announced and I placed my order. Because I'd been building and servicing Elecrafts, it made great sense to get this new rig and find out what it's all about. Finally it arrived here on November 13, 2007.

At the very end of the page, you'll see the KPA3 (100-watt amplifier) that I installed in February 2008.

See also a small piece on using the K3 with PSK-31 in the Amateur Projects section.

So here's the chronology as the K3 goes together ...

K3 at the start

Several boxes. And when I looked inside, everything was built! Quite a change from earlier kits.

The construction began ...

Here are some of the photos from the initial construction.

 Progress continues

Missing a couple modules yet. Almost done.

Getting the front panel ready was the easy part. Putting it on correctly was the challenge.

 Finally, it's done!

All together. Now doing calibration.

Setting up for WWV was easy. The single 2.7 kHz filter in FL1 does a good job. The ATU is on the left-side panel.

 Here's the 100-watt amplifier

It's difficult to see much except the big heat sink. The two fans are very quiet.