Wayne, Thanks for the updates. We certainly understand and really appreciate your attention to quality. We would all rather have them right than fast...
73 Gene K1NR On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:31:45 -0700 Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > It's highly likely that we'll be shipping some KX3s by > the end of this > week. We have all the parts and finished assemblies, and > we're putting > things together and testing as we speak. With a complex > new product it > takes time to work out the manufacturing and test issues, > but our > "throughput" should increase rapidly. > > Those who receive the first batch of KX3s should be aware > of a few > things: > > - Some firmware features are still being added or > improved, and we > could be releasing new beta code as often as every few > days. You can > load new code whenever you find it convenient. > > - There are some last-minute hardware items that will be > shipped after > the radio itself. This includes the battery charger > (probably a few > weeks away). Any such items will be very easy to install. > > - The printed owner's manual will initially be at > revision A3. The > electronic version of the manual will be updated much > more often, > including the errata sheet. Of course the electronic > version is also > searchable. > > - Because of last-minute changes, the first edition of > the kit > assembly manual is probably out another week. We have to > test the > assembly and configuration procedures to make sure > everything is > working. > > No doubt we've overlooked a few things in firmware or > documentation. > We'll answer any questions as quickly as possible. But > we're very much > looking forward to getting your KX3s shipped! > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
