20m 'Explorer' kit arrives

I received my Radio-Kits Explorer kit (20 meters) in the mail today and my first impression is, "Man, that's a lot of parts!"

Everything is very well-packed with all parts separated into 8 bags, each with a label that describes the contents.

The circuit board is high quality and has 4 pre-installed parts, three of which are surface-mount devices. There are no SMD's for the builder to install. 

It's not likely that I'll finish this kit until sometime in April. March is occupied with two motorcycle road trips: Daytona Bike Week with Bob WK3P + two others, and, if I survive that, a solo trip home to Texas for visiting my peeps.

So April is for soldering.

I'm hoping that other builders of this kit will finish earlier than I'll be able to so that I can read their reports. If I hear of any, I'll post them here.

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