I feel a bit responsible for this thread and it needs to end. The issue for me is that my radio is at my place on J6 where my electronics lab is not. I have three options: 1. Bring the radio back and fix it, 2. Try to fix it down there (with very minimal resources), or 3. Bring a new part down with me to swap out and trouble shoot the broken part back here in the states. Ordering a new KIO3 would be less than smart.
I decided last night i would simply order a new K3s, tell Elecraft to hot shot the KIO3B out of it and keep the radio/ send the radio with a replacement KIO3B when they become available (months from now, i don't care). Theres more than one way to skin this cat! Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com email: b...@wjschmidt.com > On Dec 16, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > I am certain the money is not the problem - at least for Elecraft, but > perhaps for their board house. > The boards are being populated by a board assembly house in California. > In order to increase their production of the finished boards, they would > likely have to hire more people and purchase more equipment. > That is not a smart business move if the volume will taper off after the > "crunch". > So we have to wait until things 'even out' before those boards can be > available for K3 retrofit. > > If a cookie manufacturer has capability of producing 100k cookies a day, but > the holiday season customers want 125k cookies per day, do you think the > manufacturer would increase the production facilities - especially if the > demand would fall off to only 100k per day after the holidays? It is the > same principle. > > I am quite happy with the RS-232 interface for my K3 and already have the > external soundcard working, so I will not be begging to get the schedule > advanced. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Merv Schweigert <k...@flex.com> >> Date: 12/15/2015 6:15 PM (GMT-08:00) >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KIO3B >> > <<snip>> >> We will have boards when the K3S demand is met? sounds like there is not >> enough money to buy more boards than what they expect K3S sales to be? >> Ordering another few hundred extra of the boards would solve the problem >> of not >> having enough on hand. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to b...@wjschmidt.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
