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"Lifetime guarantee covers all machined parts from breakage and or factory defects. Spreader arms are covered for 5 years as long as they are painted and installed correctly and or break from loss of integrity of center mast or any machined part. All antenna elements, Fasteners and cords are...
I want to make a better 450 ohm feed line. The commercially available 450 ohm from DXE and the likes doesn't last long. from constant abrasion with oak and pine trees. Or getting work harden by the constant swaying by the wind.
I came along this formula in a vid. But im very bad at math and...
Well im awaiting my next HF rig. Yaesu FTDX 101MP. Found one hella of a deal on one. When i receive it, I will send off my K3 to Alan Wilcox to have it reviewed and evaluated. If repairable K3 will become my portable/backup. I may put my KX3 for sale soon after.
Im pleased with all the Breedlove products I've purchased over the years. Even others I've pointed his way are happy. Just buy and modify for your personal uses.
So an update on this mess. After returning from Kuwait in 2019, i continued to use the 450ohm 80m doublet. Decided to go 600ohm instead of 450 ohm. Oh, that problem of no 20m again. Started playing with the routing of 600 ohm, and finally got it to tune 20m. Had to get 600 ohm at least 1'...
Thank You @Moleculo for chiming in with your opinion. I totally agree with what you said.
But there are no rigs of equal specs for the amount K3s were sold at.
So ive started looking at replacements for my K3. $5.5k is the max id like to spend. Following are the Rigs I've been looking at.
Flex Radio 6600M $5.5k. Mfg Sugg Price
Elecraft K4D $5.5k
Yaesu FTDX-101D/MP $3.3k/$4.5k
Icom IC-7610 $3.3k
Used...
So K3 randomly been giving ERR DSE, tried loading latest firmware. Then it would lose connection just as it finished pushing FW. Loading Firmware Failure. Somewhere in the mix, Err DP3 was shown. So I did the keystrokes to force MCU LD, still FW loading failure.
Then I found out Elecraft...
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