I'm guessing with the lengthy time to ship all back orders, the KAT500 is being pushed further behind it's anticipated April delivery.. I am as anxious to receive this as you are with the KX3.
Phil Philip LaMarche 727-944-3226 727-510-5038 Cell www.w9dvm.com WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM K3 # 1605 KPA500 # 029 P3 #1480 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of AB5N Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 1:48 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Kit Shipping Schedule Theory Fred- Thanks for the laugh! Very insightful. And thanks for the other comments too. I realize conjecture is useless, but somehow we all do this when we are so interested in the fate of something as compelling as the KX-3. If Tom's list is only a fraction of the actual orders (and I think it might be a higher fraction than imagined), the only data one can draw from it - is that this poll of existing orders does represent the /relative ratio/ of kit to factory orders. (a 10% random polling sampling gives over 95% accuracy) We can also see that it seems that no orders have been shipped for a week. Also, we can observe that Eric and Wayne have erred on the side of less information over more information. Whatever generates less inquiry traffic for them is best. They have been down this road before. We who are waiting just hope that production of the KX-3 will continue at some date and that eventually the object of our desire will appear on our doorstep. I can't say that ANY ham radio produced in my 5 sunspot cycles has been as tantalizing as the KX-3. I think it will be what puts Elecraft into Ham Radio history. And I certainly didn't mean to infer that the $100 price difference had an influence on not shipping kits. Obviously their company was founded on making kits and it is a winning approach. If any of we who ordered -could create such a masterpiece of engineering, we would do so. A major tip-of-the-hat to Eric and Wayne for achieving this level of design excellence. Bob-AB5N -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Kit-Shipping-Schedule-Theory-tp7509170p 7511527.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
