I sincerely hope that the number of ft 2000s (junk in comparison to the K3) sold because people couldn't wait for their K3 doesn't impact K3 sales? I bet most of those ft 2000s bought will be for

Hi. I think you are all doing a great job at Elecraft. I do agree on your statement: "Our top priority is to ship a quality product, not to push out high volume before it is ready". I'll rather have

One important correction to my posting, the correct date below is MAY 10th. 73, Eric (Guess I'm seeing double - still at the office..)

Hi, K3s are going out the door on a regular basis, but we're still shipping at a rate slower than I would like to see. My gut feeling is that we are off of our last plan by 1-2 of weeks. Last week

I'm sorry, I couldn't look at that typo one more time. I agree with most of what you say except I really don't think Elecraft has told this community what the problems are that is holding up

Tom; I also bought an Ft you know what. I'll keep it forthe looks. It is prettier than the K3. But I'm buying a K3 to play. Randy K8RDD

Gentlemen, if there was EVER a time to cut a reputable manufacture some slack, now is the time to do so. You have all been told honestly what the manufacturing problems are and what is being done to

Besides. You could have all purchased an Ft-2000. Idid. OUCH! I'll be waiting to buy the K3. I'm sure it will be worth thewait. Randy K8RDD

What the heck has that got to do with it?? But anyway, Yes! I ordered my car from Japan, built to my specifications. It was delivered to my door, direct from Japan, 3 & 1/2 weeks later. What does

Open and honest answers served on a plate of humble pie. In my case it was usually a tutorial on lessons learned. The ability to keep clients updated on a current basis has a lot to do with the size

And keep in mind that this is a time when they're getting the stream started. There's less history available, so determining the proper lead times is difficult. 73, doug From: ed palmer

I have K3/100 #27 here, ordered on April 27 and shipped on Oct 25, received Oct 26, build finished Oct 27. Everything I've tried so far has worked FB. There are a LOT of subassembly boards in this

Hi Everyone, I've had my head down working out all the fun production issues ramping up K3 production. I planned to post a status update Monday, but have been too busy to do so until today. Things

When did you order it Al? On 31/10/07 15:40, "ajsoenke@..." <ajsoenke@...> sent: -- Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without

I totally agree, Julian. I've always had an outstanding opion of Elecraft, not so much because they are fellow hams, but because they have always had great products and excellent, speedy

background - the most common cause of delays is having a problem with a supplier (just like we're experiencing) and being reluctant to hand out any more promises and guesses until having solid info

Good morning everyone. I don't post on these lists because most times I don't feel qualified to offer viable information in most areas. However in a manufacturing environment in a major US

Based on your background....how did your operation handle this type of problem? Did you give hopeful status reports, try to mask the problem, or simply remain mum? 73, Thom k3hrn

Well . . . maybe. I haven't seen the run 2 dates revised as the run 1 dates have been slipping away. I suspect they are having problems receiving a critical component that they are happy with. Could

It has a stonking soundcard, K1EL, FSK UART and nice bug knobs on the front. Simon Brown, HB9DRV