As far as the spreadsheet goes, it's heavily biased towards those who ordered early. There is no way that they are 3/4 of the way through delivering factory built K3's. They are not even up to 45 minutes after ordering started. No units were shipped this past week as far as I can tell. No one has updated the spreadsheet to show that they've received shipping notice from Elecraft in over a week. I don't think Elecraft is shipping factory kits first because they make $100 more dollars, that's a nominal amount for the amount of tech time to assemble them. I think they just need to get the kinks out of the kitting process and make sure they have a clear manual that the average ham can follow. I don't know what the most recent delay is, but I hope it's resolved soon because I'm the next one on the factory built list! :) Meanwhile, having fun playing with the batteries, case, antennas I've ordered to go with the KX3. Rob NV5E
---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:06:52 -0700 > From: 7000...@gmail.com > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Kit Shipping Schedule Theory > > Greetings- > > Wow, there's almost no info available on KX-3 production. If I had to > theorize: > > I imagine that the original board problem was corrected, but that there were > several > other small - mostly software- problems to work out. Being that assembled > units are being shipped, > the board supplier must have delivered working boards. The DSP chip was > delayed in showing up > but certainly adequate supplies of it are now available. Of all existing > orders, 2/3rds are kit orders. > > The questions facing Eric and Wayne must be: How many people do we add/train > to fulfill KX-3 orders > and what else can we use them on -when KX-3 orders taper down? When do we > feel that enough of the > bugs have been worked-out of the KX-3 assembly and firmware so we can start > shipping? > Assembled rigs bring in $100 more (and orders for them keep coming in). The > kits are actually > more difficult to put together (all boards must be hand-checked and packed) > It's hard to make it top > priority to ship kits out. Plus, there will be user assembly questions which > will drain employee time once > they start shipping kits. > Then there is Dayton coming up... more distractions and man-hours. > > If I was them, I'd fill ALL factory-assembled unit orders before shipping > any kits. It's common business sense. > They are now 3/4 through all factory-assembled orders as-per Tom's list. At > present rates, that puts kit shipping starting after Dayton some time. It > /might even be/ their goal to ship the remaining assembled units before > Dayton. Being Dayton sucks a wide-week out of the schedule, I'd look for > kits to start shipping at the end of May. I hope so- as there will be > another bevy of orders after Dayton! > > Hows that for conjecture?! > > Bob-AB5N > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Kit-Shipping-Schedule-Theory-tp7509170.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
