Good grief! This is computer hardware and software. A business where “before end of year” really means 2 hours before midnight.
And the “First Quarter” runs until May or June. Don’t look for all the features to be fully implemented on first delivered radios. Even the K3S is still a work in progress! About “Production Runs” Elecraft is a small company. They will prob build 25 or so radios for field testers. This will allow some training for the small staff of assemblers. Once they are satisfied with the product, they will begin assembling the first radios. These builders are not robots. But humans who must go thru the process of building a kit, without the “assembly manual” and it takes time. Once built, it goes to the burnin rack where it will sit for up to 24 hours being tested and evaluated. Now to packing and shipping. This “run”, one radio. The first week may see a dozen radios out the door. It slowly grows from here. I’ve waited in line for a KX3, a PX3, and K3S. I visited the “plant” a few years ago and spoke with a K3 builder. He said he could build a K3 in under an hour. But he’d built maybe a thousand by then. And the parts were all there in bins around his work area. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jun 3, 2019, at 11:30 PM, David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> wrote: > > > > You're asking for concrete answers to questions Elecraft has already stated > for the most part are not yet final. Stuff like that is what makes companies > wait until everything is nailed down before saying anything. They said > November was the target, and they called it a target because everything ISN'T > nailed down yet (they NEVER called it a "promise"). How is that not pretty > clear? > > Dave AB7E > > > >> On 6/3/2019 6:36 PM, Richards wrote: >> >> What K4 features and capabilities remain under development, and what >> features are already developed and cast in stone? >> >> Will all features and specifications described in the product brochure be >> viable and fully functional on the first production units? >> >> How long will buyers wait to buy one, if they do not buy in early and >> advance a capital development loan? >> >> Will all three models be available in the first production run? >> >> Will all pre-orders ship in the first production run? If not, how long >> until the second run? >> >> How definite is the promised Late Nov/ Early December 2019 release data? >> >> K8JHR >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
