The Front Panel assembly had 75 components and took 265 minutes of assembly and verification time. That works out to 3.5 minutes per component and 4.4 hours.
At this point, I feel that I’m about halfway finished with the build based on the number of components installed so far. If so, I’m at 8.7 hours of assembly time, which would double to about 17.5 hours. Add in 3.5 hours of inventory time, and it looks like it will take 21 hours to assemble. I have no idea how much time the testing/alignment will take, but 24 hours is seeming like a pretty reasonable estimate for a completed K1.
By the way, the K1 front panel is 5″ across, and 2.25″ tall — we are talking a tiny QRP rig!
