[Elecraft] First Shipment Tally

[David Yarnes]

Sorry...wrong link.  Try again!

Doug
http://www.ac6rm.net/mailarchive/html/elecraft-list/2007-05/msg00999.html
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Doug and all,

Actually, I think your first link told everyone what they really needed to 
know.  If you ordered on or before 5/14 you should be in the first run.  But 
I wouldn't plan on getting a first run order right after July 1st.  My guess 
it will be somewhat later in July before they really start shipping, and 
then it will be a few at a time.  I suppose they need to do some final 
checking, etc. as they go out the door.

As to totals, I don't think Wayne or Eric want to disclose that for various 
reasons, but we know they initially planned on 200 per run, and then 
increased it.  Somebody speculated the new number was 220, but I don't think 
that makes sense intuitively.  Since they indicated they increased both the 
1st and 2nd runs, that suggest to me that orders were very much stronger 
than anticipated, and a 10% increase doesn't seem logical.  I'm betting it 
was much more than that, but how much I could only guess.  Something like 
20% to 50% would seem more logical (maybe even more), depending on 
production capacity.  Perhaps not for both runs, but who knows?  If you had 
been in the demonstration room at Dayton on Thursday night, you would get a 
pretty good idea that interest was very strong, not to mention all the 
interest shown here on the reflector.  It seems like every other person I 
talk to has either ordered one already, or is wrestling with their pocket 
book about doing so.  Anyway, we will get a better idea of the number soon 
enough when folks start posting their serial numbers!  It wouldn't surprise 
me a bit if they sold 1,000 of them by Christmas!  The real question is can 
they deliver that many!  In the meantime, those of us who have ordered need 
to go on a valium drip!

Dave W7AQK