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
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> On Jul 29, 2020, at 10:56 AM, Ted Roycraft 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 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 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
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