{"id":39345,"date":"2019-08-27T21:39:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39345"},"modified":"2019-08-27T21:39:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:39:39","slug":"ae5x-notes-beware-of-counterfeit-elecraft-k3s-transceivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/ae5x-notes-beware-of-counterfeit-elecraft-k3s-transceivers\/","title":{"rendered":"AE5X notes: Beware of counterfeit Elecraft K3S transceivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> friend John (AE5X) who posted the following warning on his blog<\/a> regarding “Esthetic upgrade kits” to make an Elecraft K3 look like a K3S.<\/p>\n

From the AE5X blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you’re in the market for a used K3S you might want to pay extra diligence to what you’re actually buying.<\/p>\n

An eBay seller “xtreme830” is selling\u00a0Esthetic upgrade kits<\/i><\/a>\u00a0that can be added to a K3 to make it look like a K3S. As always, buyer beware.<\/p>\n

K3S serial numbers begin with #10,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for the warning, John! That’s a little crazy, in fact. I would be most concerned about people buying esthetically altered K3 transceivers at hamfests where one often forgets to check serial numbers. Buyer beware!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post friend John (AE5X) who posted the following warning on his blog regarding “Esthetic upgrade kits” to make an Elecraft K3 look like a K3S. From the AE5X blog: If you’re in the market for a used K3S you might want to pay extra diligence to what you’re actually buying. An […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2034,7973,1213],"class_list":["post-39345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-elecraft","tag-elecraft-k3-esthetic-upgrade-kits","tag-john-harper-ae5x"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aeB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20937,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/john-takes-the-elecraft-kx2-on-the-shortwaves\/","url_meta":{"origin":39345,"position":0},"title":"John takes the Elecraft KX2 on the shortwaves","author":"Thomas","date":"August 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I just noticed that John (AE5X) has updated the firmware on his KX2 and made a short video of a shortwave band scan. 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