Ted, I’m sorry - I didn’t say you weren’t getting it - or didn’t mean to, just that there are many things that can hold up production.
I do know that I too would be very frustrated if I paid for something that didn’t exist yet. Fortunately, I’m the type that waits 6 months or more after a radio is out before thinking about picking one up. Mainly because I want to see what the product is going to be like. Just my temperament. As far as Elecraft being a great company - yeah, they are okay. I’m surely no fan of them more than any other company, though. So anyhow, I do apologize for upsetting you - I surely didn’t mean to, but I did. - 73 - - Michael Coslo N3LI - Frequency Coordinator, Beaver Stadium 814-404-3991 m...@psu.edu mjcn...@gmail.com > On Jul 29, 2020, at 10:56 AM, Ted Roycraft <ted.roycr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes Michael, I get it. Elecraft is a great company. I’ve had Elecraft radios > since 1999 - K2, K1X, and K3. I’m not faulting Elecraft so much for the > delay, but their communication about the delay. They are a privately held > company and have a right not disclose their company secrets including > problems, schedules, etc. but they effectively asked us to buy an informal > stake in their company when they solicited full price deposits for the K4 > while estimating delivery before the end of 2019. I think that entitles is to > more timely information about delays and holdups. On August 8, it will be one > year ago that I sent them $4000.00. > > I am a retired electrical engineer. I spent more than 35 years first > designing hardware then developing software for a very large communications > company. I know how the development process works. The delay they’re > suffering is most definitely not due to they’re trying to build the perfect > SDR. No, it’s due to more mundane problems like parts availability, > availability of subcontractors, availability of their own workforce, and > almost entirely due to other complications of being in business during a > pandemic. Is it too much to ask of them to keep us posted when they know > there is going to be a delay and not wait to announce it until the date that > they last projected to start shipping? > > In my posting, my only hint of my frustration was saying that I hoped that > they will have good news for us in their K4 update during the Expo on August > 8. > > Ted, W2ZK > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 9:33 AM Michael Coslo <mco...@comcast.net> wrote: > One of the aspects of making a top notch SDR radio is that while it is not > too hard making a fair SDR - think Icom 7300 - making a really good one is a > lot harder. Icom kinda gets a C grade on their 7610. > > So a radio that is going to compete with the likes of the Flex 6600 or 6700 > is going to be a lot harder task. > > So Elecraft is probably working their keisters off to hit specs. The wait is > frustrating, but it’s best if they get it done right. > > Note 2. I’ve come here because our club has a K3S setup. My personal radio is > a Flex 6600. This group is pretty good IMO. > > - 73 - > - Michael Coslo - > Frequency Coordinator, Beaver Stadium > 814-404-3991 > m...@psu.edu > mjcn...@gmail.com > > > On Jul 28, 2020, at 11:11 PM, Ted Roycraft <ted.roycr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I received the Elecraft July Newsletter tonight. It supposedly contained a > > K4 Update but the only thing I saw in this “update” was a reference to a > > talk that Eric will be giving in early August at the Virtual Ham Expo where > > he will give the actual K4 Update. Did I read that wrong? Will we be > > pleased when we hear his update? > > > > Thanks and 73, > > Ted, W2ZK > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 mco...@comcast.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ted.roycr...@gmail.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
