Several years ago, Marsha and I drove up to Rochester, MN for the W0DXCC convention - it's essentially a big mix of both DX and contesting info, but well put together - it was fun.
While there, we attended a pseudo-forum that eventually derailed itself into a bitch session about the 9000. There were a couple of factory reps from Yaesu and they took it on the chin! Art - N4PJ On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:00 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w...@w0mu.com> wrote: > I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft. Sure they might have > an issue here or there but they stand behind their products. I had an > early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough. They > even screwed me on the shipping. Everyone of the 9000's had to go back > to Yaesu to get "FIXED". Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc. > > By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the > beta testers. > > I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order. > > Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured > to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out. > > Mike W0MU > > W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com > Http://www.w0mu.com <http://www.w0mu.com/> > > > On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > Don, > > > > Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early > > adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy > > early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems > > that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join > > in with the "latest and greatest". > > > > 73, > > Don W3FPR > > > > On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote: > >> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST > reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will > have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
