Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

Investor. ;-) I’ll grant you we’re not investors in the traditional sense. But we’ve invested in the company nonetheless. Would you prefer venture capitalist instead? We provided funds that Elecraft was able to use to stay afloat and continue engineering and manufacturing efforts. Sure,

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

Yeah, periodic would be fine -- I think the big thing is setting expectations for when and where, so folks can check there instead of wondering or asking. And I'm totally fine with the event video updates as long as the content is also available in a text form somewhere obvious. (Heck, I'd

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

Julia, that makes sense. Perhaps we could add ‘periodic update instead of whenever they can?” PS— I like the event video updates because those clear the noise threshold of the multitude of emails I get but that is just a personal preference. A loud sky writing aircraft overhead for 7-8 hours

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

I'm not waiting on a K4 myself, but the K4 launch has put a strain on other parts of the business (like fixing KX3 firmware issues or responding to lower-priority support emails). I'd be happy to see updates whenever they're available, but to this list and clearly labeled as such -- it seems like

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

What do you have in mind? I liked the event video. The most customer oriented thing they could do is fedex a letter overnight with your radio status every day. But that gets expensive. You might feel great about it. You say that is hyperbolic? True. But even a weekly email with status is not

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

They did communicate and recently. Did you miss that? I also cracked up at the word investor. Customer and investor are worlds apart. Are you an actual stake holder in this conversation? I am. I paid in advance for my K4. I don’t feel like I need anymore communications than I have already

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

"The point of all of this is why is Elecraft not on this list telling us these things like they used to?" Yes, that, right there. However much they are or aren't going to say, why do we have to watch event videos to hear it? On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 14:16 W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > The point of

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

The point of all of this is why is Elecraft not on this list telling us these things like they used to? I hear lots of excuses.  Sure there are supply line problems for everyone.  HRO still has lots of product.  Elecraft has a big competitor in FLEX are they having similar issues?  I hear

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

Further to this excellent post, Eric did say that, at that point in time, his expectation was that the group A backlog would be cleared by end of May. I didn’t go back through the video to find it, but I was watching one of his presentations live and did hear that. Another thing that Wayne

[Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

Presentation from the Expo. Elecraft K4 High Performance Direct-Sampling SDR Transceiver, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ Perhaps more recent announcements by Elecraft have superseded this. I realize others have already mentioned some of this.