Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

2012-05-22 Thread Don Wilhelm 
Don,

Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early 
adopters.  You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy 
early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems 
that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join 
in with the "latest and greatest".

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews 
> it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have 
> disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
>
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Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

2012-05-22 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett 
I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft.  Sure they might have 
an issue here or there but they stand behind their products.  I had an 
early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough.  They 
even screwed me on the shipping.  Everyone of the 9000's had to go back 
to Yaesu to get "FIXED".   Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc.

By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the 
beta testers.

I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order.

Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured 
to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out.

Mike W0MU

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Http://www.w0mu.com


On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Don,
>
> Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early
> adopters.  You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy
> early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems
> that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join
> in with the "latest and greatest".
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
>> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews 
>> it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have 
>> disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
>>
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Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

2012-05-22 Thread Keith Heimbold 
It is a bit depressing for me having to travel with the super large FT450AT 
with its crappy auto tuner and pretty lame receiver.  If my K3 is any 
indication of what I am waiting on with the KX3 it will be well worth the wait. 
 However, I do wish there was transparency in terms of when i could expect my 
Dec 31st order.

Keith
AG6AZ

Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos

On May 22, 2012, at 8:11 PM, "AT&T Yahoo"  wrote:

> 
> What's the point of posting order numbers which don't change for weeks when 
> it talks about shipping in the next 7 days.  What a crock. Its been 6 months 
> since it was ordered and there's  no chance of seeing the radio for several 
> more months at the rate they are being shipped. 
> 
> Simply a travesty and What a waste of time. 
> 
> Tell the people who ordered your projected ship times based on # units 
> shipped per day would be meaningful. We could come back In 6 months and maybe 
> see progress.
> 
> This order number range is garbage. 
> 
> IMHO
> 
> John K3GO
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> John Smith
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Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

2012-05-22 Thread Gary Gregory 
*Soon?

:-)

Gary
*
On 23 May 2012 14:31, Keith Heimbold  wrote:

> It is a bit depressing for me having to travel with the super large
> FT450AT with its crappy auto tuner and pretty lame receiver.  If my K3 is
> any indication of what I am waiting on with the KX3 it will be well worth
> the wait.  However, I do wish there was transparency in terms of when i
> could expect my Dec 31st order.
>
> Keith
> AG6AZ
>
> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos
>
> On May 22, 2012, at 8:11 PM, "AT&T Yahoo"  wrote:
>
> >
> > What's the point of posting order numbers which don't change for weeks
> when it talks about shipping in the next 7 days.  What a crock. Its been 6
> months since it was ordered and there's  no chance of seeing the radio for
> several more months at the rate they are being shipped.
> >
> > Simply a travesty and What a waste of time.
> >
> > Tell the people who ordered your projected ship times based on # units
> shipped per day would be meaningful. We could come back In 6 months and
> maybe see progress.
> >
> > This order number range is garbage.
> >
> > IMHO
> >
> > John K3GO
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> > John Smith
> >
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Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

2012-05-23 Thread Arthur Burke 
Several years ago, Marsha and I drove up to Rochester, MN for the W0DXCC
convention - it's essentially a big mix of both DX and contesting info, but
well put together - it was fun.

While there, we attended a pseudo-forum that eventually derailed itself
into a bitch session about the 9000. There were a couple of factory reps
from Yaesu and they took it on the chin!

Art - N4PJ



On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:00 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett  wrote:

> I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft.  Sure they might have
> an issue here or there but they stand behind their products.  I had an
> early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough.  They
> even screwed me on the shipping.  Everyone of the 9000's had to go back
> to Yaesu to get "FIXED".   Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc.
>
> By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the
> beta testers.
>
> I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order.
>
> Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured
> to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com
> Http://www.w0mu.com 
>
>
> On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early
> > adopters.  You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy
> > early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems
> > that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join
> > in with the "latest and greatest".
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
> >> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST
> reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will
> have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
> >>
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Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

2012-05-23 Thread Don Putnick 
Hi Don,

My rule of thumb comes from years of experience with OTHER manufacturers, not 
with Elecraft. Now that I'm part of the K3-Line family, I'm learning my 
risk-adverse behavior is a bit much. Oh oh ... I hear a voice calling to me 
"hey, little boy, wanna buy a KAT500".

73 Don NA6Z




>
> From: Don Wilhelm 
>To: Don Putnick  
>Cc: Elecraft List  
>Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping
> 
>Don,
>Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early 
>adopters.  You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy early, 
>but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems that are 
>identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join in with the 
>"latest and greatest".
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
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