[Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Edward R. Breneiser
Hello Drew, AF2Z

I plunked down over $1300 for a deposit on my K3, but after waiting five
months and then calling Elecraft they told me to wait another three
months. That was a total wait of 8-months! At the five-month point I
told Elecraft to cancel the order and send my money back.
I then went out and bought an Icom 703+ and just love this little radio.
It's no K3, but for less than $700 it's worth the money.

I still plan to buy a K3, but I WILL NOT WAIT MONTHS to receive it.
Elecraft doesn't have their act together concerning the K3. This is from
an op who built a K1, K2 and a KX1. I'm VERY disappointed in Elecraft
selling the K3 before they were geared up for production.

When Elecraft has a K3 ON-THE-SHELF I might buy one.

72,
Ed, WA3WSJ
**
Yeah, that's right... most of us took a crash course in CW, learning
it overnight. Then worked all band DXCC the next day. And we expect
the solar flux to be at 300 in another week here or so. So where's our
K3's? We didn't become ham radio operators because we like to wait
around for stuff. No sir.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread drewko1
Hello Ed,

Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
waiting...

For myself, I ordered one before I'd decided whether or not to
actually buy one-- so it is really Elecraft who is waiting for me. I
think they will be sending me an email any day now asking for my
decision. I imagine they are probably getting pretty nervous about my
final intentions by now.

There is a lot of psychology in all this.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:10:07 -0400, Ed, WA3WSJ wrote:

Hello Drew, AF2Z

I plunked down over $1300 for a deposit on my K3, but after waiting five
months and then calling Elecraft they told me to wait another three
months. That was a total wait of 8-months! At the five-month point I
told Elecraft to cancel the order and send my money back.
I then went out and bought an Icom 703+ and just love this little radio.
It's no K3, but for less than $700 it's worth the money.

I still plan to buy a K3, but I WILL NOT WAIT MONTHS to receive it.
Elecraft doesn't have their act together concerning the K3. This is from
an op who built a K1, K2 and a KX1. I'm VERY disappointed in Elecraft
selling the K3 before they were geared up for production.

When Elecraft has a K3 ON-THE-SHELF I might buy one.

72,
Ed, WA3WSJ
**

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Augie Hansen



...
Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
waiting...
  


Am I the only one who finds the concept of waiting to avoid waiting a 
bit silly?


Gus Hansen
KB0YH

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RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Arie Kleingeld PA3A
I don't mind waiting.

When I ordered the K3, I knew that it was gonna take 5 months or so
until delivery.
In the mean time I use my other rigs (K2 and an 96 MP) with great joy,
and read a lot about the K3 on the reflector.

73
Arie PA3A

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread WILLIS COOKE

--- Augie Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
  ...
  Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they
 can buy one without
  waiting...

 
 Am I the only one who finds the concept of waiting
 to avoid waiting a 
 bit silly?
 
 Gus Hansen
 KB0YH
 
Maybe so Gus.  I waited until I was convinced that the
K3 was the next transceiver for me and that it would
be a significant improvement over my venerable
TS-850SAT that I have owned for 18 years.  I placed my
order late in the day on December 27, 2007 and now I
am eagerly awaiting my Katiegram.  I have seen posts
that those who ordered on December 25 have received
their Katiegram a couple of days ago, so maybe today
is my day?

If you are not yet convinced that the K3 is the rig
you want and can afford you should wait until this is
so.  If you are convinced, then you should consider
ordering it now.  If you order it today, you will get
it sooner than if you order it tomorrow or next week,
or six months from now.  If you still think you might
be happier with an Yaekencom then you should keep
thinking until you are satisfied with your choice.


Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:10:07 -0400, Edward R. Breneiser
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hello Drew, AF2Z

I plunked down over $1300 for a deposit on my K3, but after waiting five
months and then calling Elecraft they told me to wait another three
months. That was a total wait of 8-months! At the five-month point I
told Elecraft to cancel the order and send my money back.
I then went out and bought an Icom 703+ and just love this little radio.
It's no K3, but for less than $700 it's worth the money.

I still plan to buy a K3, but I WILL NOT WAIT MONTHS to receive it.
Elecraft doesn't have their act together concerning the K3. This is from
an op who built a K1, K2 and a KX1. I'm VERY disappointed in Elecraft
selling the K3 before they were geared up for production.

When Elecraft has a K3 ON-THE-SHELF I might buy one.

72,
Ed, WA3WSJ
[snip]

Reminds me of the very annoying Mitsubishi automobile advertisement of the late
80s where the guy doing the commercial is screaming, GET WHAT YOU WANT, AND GET
IT NOW!.

Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq

Those who would give up 
Essential Liberty to 
purchase a little Temporary 
Safety deserve neither 
Liberty nor Safety 

An excerpt from a letter 
written in 1755 from the 
Assembly to the Governor 
of Pennsylvania.

Support the entire Constitution, not 
just the parts you like.

http://www.n5ge.com
http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Charlotte Bob Higgins



Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
waiting...


Am I the only one who finds the concept of waiting to avoid waiting a 
bit silly?


Gus Hansen
KB0YH


Hmm...

Bob K4LW
K3 #356-waited 9 months and worth it
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:01:02 -0600, Augie Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:


 ...
 Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
 waiting...
   

Am I the only one who finds the concept of waiting to avoid waiting a 
bit silly?

Gus Hansen
KB0YH
[snip]

Nope...

Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq

Those who would give up 
Essential Liberty to 
purchase a little Temporary 
Safety deserve neither 
Liberty nor Safety 

An excerpt from a letter 
written in 1755 from the 
Assembly to the Governor 
of Pennsylvania.

Support the entire Constitution, not 
just the parts you like.

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http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Augie Hansen

Hi Cookie,

...
If you are not yet convinced that the K3 is the rig
you want and can afford you should wait until this is
so.  If you are convinced, then you should consider
ordering it now.  If you order it today, you will get
it sooner than if you order it tomorrow or next week,
or six months from now.  If you still think you might
be happier with an Yaekencom then you should keep
thinking until you are satisfied with your choice.


I need to clarify my situation. I was a relatively early adopter of the 
K3, having placed my order on 7 June 2007 with a 50% deposit. My order 
date was determined by my desire to have the money in hand before 
committing to a purchase, not due to any technical concerns.


The wait of nearly nine months was more than originally expected by a 
factor of more than two, but the rig (#441) was worth waiting for. It 
easily meets, and in some areas surpasses, my expectations. And my 
K2/100 served me well during the K3 gestation period.


Had I waited to order until Elecraft had the K3 available off the shelf, 
I'd still be waiting to place an order, which as I implied is rather 
silly if you know you want one.


Cheers,
Gus Hansen
KB0YH

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread WILLIS COOKE
Hi Augie, It seems that I misinterpreted your post
about 180 degrees.  I answered thinking you were
waiting to order until there was no que, but
re-reading your post, I see that is not what you said.
 I think it is what the person who started this thread
did say.  Oh well, I sure hope that Katie gets to me
today or if not real soon.  I am starting to get
anxious to see the little jewel!

--- Augie Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Cookie,
  ...
  If you are not yet convinced that the K3 is the
 rig
  you want and can afford you should wait until this
 is
  so.  If you are convinced, then you should
 consider
  ordering it now.  If you order it today, you will
 get
  it sooner than if you order it tomorrow or next
 week,
  or six months from now.  If you still think you
 might
  be happier with an Yaekencom then you should keep
  thinking until you are satisfied with your choice.
 
 I need to clarify my situation. I was a relatively
 early adopter of the 
 K3, having placed my order on 7 June 2007 with a 50%
 deposit. My order 
 date was determined by my desire to have the money
 in hand before 
 committing to a purchase, not due to any technical
 concerns.
 
 The wait of nearly nine months was more than
 originally expected by a 
 factor of more than two, but the rig (#441) was
 worth waiting for. It 
 easily meets, and in some areas surpasses, my
 expectations. And my 
 K2/100 served me well during the K3 gestation
 period.
 
 Had I waited to order until Elecraft had the K3
 available off the shelf, 
 I'd still be waiting to place an order, which as I
 implied is rather 
 silly if you know you want one.
 
 Cheers,
 Gus Hansen
 KB0YH
 
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread David Wilburn
No worries.  You wait.  In the mean time, the rig will cost more, and 
those who endured, will be enjoying the rig.  I know I am certainly 
having a good time with mine.



Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982
K3/100 - S/N 766

For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will 
never know.



Edward R. Breneiser wrote:

Hello Drew, AF2Z

I plunked down over $1300 for a deposit on my K3, but after waiting five
months and then calling Elecraft they told me to wait another three
months. That was a total wait of 8-months! At the five-month point I
told Elecraft to cancel the order and send my money back.
I then went out and bought an Icom 703+ and just love this little radio.
It's no K3, but for less than $700 it's worth the money.

I still plan to buy a K3, but I WILL NOT WAIT MONTHS to receive it.
Elecraft doesn't have their act together concerning the K3. This is from
an op who built a K1, K2 and a KX1. I'm VERY disappointed in Elecraft
selling the K3 before they were geared up for production.

When Elecraft has a K3 ON-THE-SHELF I might buy one.

72,
Ed, WA3WSJ
**
Yeah, that's right... most of us took a crash course in CW, learning
it overnight. Then worked all band DXCC the next day. And we expect
the solar flux to be at 300 in another week here or so. So where's our
K3's? We didn't become ham radio operators because we like to wait
around for stuff. No sir.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


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[Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Dave G4AON
I ordered my K3 in late April 2007 with a 50% deposit. It was a risk as 
they were a relatively unknown rig, but having built a K1 and K2 there 
was a good chance it would perform as described. I've now had the 
pleasure of owning a K3 for 6 months and don't regret buying it at all.


All good things come to he who is prepared to wait...

73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait! [END of Thread]

2008-05-21 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft
Guys, Please, let's end this thread for now. Its taking a tremendous 
amount of reflector bandwidth and is not going to make any impact on our 
production rate. Believe me, we are already acutely aware of how much 
everyone wants their K3 to be delivered quickly. If you want to vent, 
please email me directly.


We are already working very long hours and putting all of our resources 
into getting you K3s as fast as possible without sacrificing quality. 
Wayne, I and our whole crew virtually live Elecraft every day (and 
nights  weekends for many of us!)


We run Elecraft on a very conservative financial basis - we want to stay 
here for the long run . We have a tremendous amount of cash tied up in 
test equipment, inventory and work in process. Throwing more money at it 
is not a prudent path to take in a market as small as the amateur 
market. We have a big bubble of product to ship, but once we do catch 
up, we do not want to have to lay off staff, pay rent on unneeded 
factory space etc. We have made a very careful set of decisions on this, 
which we review on an ongoing basis to make sure we are on track. So 
far, while I would love to be able to ship at a 2x to 3x rate right now, 
I feel we are on track with what we have planned. We are in a strong 
financial condition and will stay that way. Many a small company (and 
some larger ones) has bankrupted itself by trying to ramp up too quickly.


As a general comment, the reason we still are in a backlog situation is 
due to the fact that each time we have increased our production rate, 
our rate of orders has also increased beyond our projections. We have 
been amazed at the K3 order response from our existing and new 
customers. This Dayton our sales were way above even last year's (which 
was an all time record with the K3 intro.) We even sold out of K2s this 
Dayton. Even if we had infinite cash resources we could not find the 
people, building space, parts etc to ramp up more quickly. We do not 
want to compromise quality as we increase production. We will not 
compromise quality. Period.


As I have noted before, we are currently on plan to increase our monthly 
production by 50%+ over the next several months. (Parts ordered, 
personnel hired etc.) If we are successful, the lead time on orders will 
continue to drop noticeably. We hope to be at less than 4 weeks or less 
by the fall. Personally I want to be in a ship from stock position for 
the holiday season. Several of the parts used in the K3 (and in our 
other radios) have 13-24 week lead times. We do plan carefully, but 
there is an unavoidable lag in response from our parts pipeline and 
assembly vendors each time we revise our production schedule. Plus, as 
an extra 'fun' variable, each vendor can also be late on their 
deliveries to us. As we see this reoccur for any vendor we immediately 
bring on extra sources for that part - but it takes time to qualify each 
new vendor, especially for custom parts like toroids etc. We do plan for 
some of this, but each week brings lots of new excitement. ;-)


Wayne and I started and continue to run Elecraft because we enjoy doing 
this, even with the stresses of bringing a product as successful as the 
K3 on line. This really is a labor of love. As many of you have noticed, 
we do not look at this as just an eight hour a day job. ;-)  Also, Lisa, 
Katie, Madelyn, Scott, Gary, Richard and the rest of our customer sales 
and support crew manage to maintain their excellent attitudes in the 
face of some rather rude and immature callers. Fortunately the 99% of 
you that have great attitudes make up for that. I'm amazed at their 
resiliency. Please remember when you call that they are only trying to 
help you as much as possible, and that they are not responsible for 
production delays etc. Please feel free to email me with any complaints 
etc. I have a thick skin and take each email seriously, even if I am not 
able to reply to every email.


We're working hard to get these out the door to you quickly. Hopefully 
we'll catch up enough soon so we can play with -our- K3s! :-)


73, Eric   WA6HHQ

_..._


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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Art
Some folks have an inflated sense of their own importance. Elecraft is 
shipping every K3 they can make, and making them as fast as they have 
people available.


I'd be very surprised if they're currently pretty nervous about any 
one particular order. If I was smart like Wayne and Eric I'd have built 
such indecisions and vacillations into my business plan. Some guy named 
Bayes worked on this some time ago.


73 Art

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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:13:57 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hello Ed,

Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
waiting...

For myself, I ordered one before I'd decided whether or not to
actually buy one-- so it is really Elecraft who is waiting for me. I
think they will be sending me an email any day now asking for my
decision. I imagine they are probably getting pretty nervous about my
final intentions by now.

There is a lot of psychology in all this.

73,
Drew
AF2Z
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[Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait! [END of Thread]

2008-05-21 Thread Tom Hall
Wow, Eric that was impressive. Makes me feel proud to be an Elecraftian. 
I wish I felt the same way after a State of the Union address but then,
you actually make sense.

Tom, AK2B


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Re:Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait! (c/o ART!!!)

2008-05-21 Thread JIM DAVIS

On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:38:00 -0600
 Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some folks have an inflated sense of their own importance. Elecraft is shipping every K3 they 
can make, and making them as fast as they have people available.


I'd be very surprised if they're currently pretty nervous about any one particular order. If I 
was smart like Wayne and Eric I'd have built such indecisions and vacillations into my business 
plan. Some guy named Bayes worked on this some time ago.


73 Art

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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:13:57 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hello Ed,

Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
waiting...

For myself, I ordered one before I'd decided whether or not to
actually buy one-- so it is really Elecraft who is waiting for me. I
think they will be sending me an email any day now asking for my
decision. I imagine they are probably getting pretty nervous about my
final intentions by now.

There is a lot of psychology in all this.

73,
Drew
AF2Z
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Art,

Your statement about Self-importance in our opinion was rather SHALLOW in 
that whoever
is SPENDING HIS OWN MONEY/$$ has every expectation of receiving his 
ordered product
PROMPTLY instead of what ELECRAFT is telling their customers now!

By the time ALL of the present orders are fullfilled ELECRAFT will have out the 
NEW/IMPROVED
K-4

You're not kidding anyone!

Respectfully,

Jim/nn6ee

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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait! (c/o ART!!!)

2008-05-21 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft

Guys - This thread has been ended. Please take any discussion off list.

Also, all new orders received are quoted 4-5 months, even though we feel 
we will beat that as we go forward.


73, Eric

_..._



JIM DAVIS wrote:

On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:38:00 -0600
 Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some folks have an inflated sense of their own importance. Elecraft 
is shipping every K3 they can make, and making them as fast as they 
have people available.


I'd be very surprised if they're currently pretty nervous about any 
one particular order. If I was smart like Wayne and Eric I'd have 
built such indecisions and vacillations into my business plan. Some 
guy named Bayes worked on this some time ago.


73 Art

--



Art,

Your statement about Self-importance in our opinion was rather 
SHALLOW in that whoever
is SPENDING HIS OWN MONEY/$$ has every expectation of 
receiving his ordered product

PROMPTLY instead of what ELECRAFT is telling their customers now!

By the time ALL of the present orders are fullfilled ELECRAFT will 
have out the NEW/IMPROVED

K-4

You're not kidding anyone!

Respectfully,

Jim/nn6ee


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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!

2008-05-21 Thread Art
Well my apologies for not taking it right then! I'm waiting for mine as 
well, sometime in early July. Or August. Or September. I like :-) for 
the smiles but that's like my name: Anything but late for lunch.


73 Art

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

No, not sense of importance. Sense of humor perhaps-- it was supposed
to be funny. (Sri, I never got into the habit of using smilies; could
never remember if they went this way :) or this way (:

73,
Drew
AF2Z



On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:38:00 -0600, you wrote:

Some folks have an inflated sense of their own importance. Elecraft is 
shipping every K3 they can make, and making them as fast as they have 
people available.


I'd be very surprised if they're currently pretty nervous about any 
one particular order. If I was smart like Wayne and Eric I'd have built 
such indecisions and vacillations into my business plan. Some guy named 
Bayes worked on this some time ago.


73 Art

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:13:57 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 Wait and Wait and Wait!
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Hello Ed,

Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
waiting...

For myself, I ordered one before I'd decided whether or not to
actually buy one-- so it is really Elecraft who is waiting for me. I
think they will be sending me an email any day now asking for my
decision. I imagine they are probably getting pretty nervous about my
final intentions by now.

There is a lot of psychology in all this.

73,
Drew
AF2Z
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