Notes on Elecraft K3 (1)

December 2013

Donated to CCC by K8WDN at the time of his death in London, Ohio.

February 2014

Transported to Curacao by W9NJY. Placed in Pelican case with air pumped out.

19 November 2014

Took out and put in service at Station 5 for CQWW CW. All seems to be working fine. Used in CQWW CW and then moved to Station 1 permanently. Used in ARRL 160 CW and ARRL 10 Meter Contest. All working perfectly.

8 February 2015

W0CG downloaded the K3 Utility at Station 1 and updated firmware from 4.67 to 4.85. Software is as follows:

K3 Configuration is saved at My Documents/...K3Config and at C:/Users/PJ2T/AppData/Roaming/Elecraft/K3 Configuration/...K3Config

Elecraft K3 Utility is in c:/Program Files (x86)/Elecraft/K3 Utility/K3Util.exe

31 March 2015

Moved from Station 1 to storage before WPX SSB 2015. Stored in K8WDN case in plastic bag with accessories.

28 November 2015

In use at Station 2 in CQWW CW when stations reported bad hum. This was during operation on generator. Will check after the contest.

24 February 2018

KB7Q installed DVR board and 2.1 KHz filters, gifts from K8PGJ. Gene reported that the radio looks to be in very good physical condition inside.

29 November 2022

Removed from service prior to CQWW CW with low output. N7IR took it to Arizona to assess.

February 2023

Repaired by N7IR and returned to Curacao by him.