[Elecraft] K3 STATUS

[Darwin, Keith]

-----Original Message-----
Maybe Elecraft will offer the Super-Duper-Express delivery K3 option,
kitted by a team of untrained chimps and with colour photos in the place
of any missing parts.
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And THAT is exactly what has me concerned.  Yea, I know it was
originally said in jest, but the more we whine, the more pressure we put
on Elecraft to hurry up & get 'er done, the more likely it is that they
will feel forced to go to heroic measures to get the boxes out the door.

Personally, I'm content to know that they are working hard and are doing
the right things.  If they were sitting on their duffs eating bon-bons
and watching soap operas, then it would be time to grouse at them.  As
it is, they are apparently working long hours.  I don't want to push
them any harder because I think we have far more to lose than we have to
gain.

Yes, I want my K3, but I want a good K3, one that was carefully built
and tested, not something rushed out the door.

I don't think Elecraft is to that point yet, but the pressure we as
customers put on them isn't helping, that's for sure.

What makes this whole thing rather tough is that people put 1/2 down on
a rig with a ship date of July / Aug.  Here we are in November with many
of them still with no rig and no money.  It does indeed serve to create
unrest amongst the natives.

73 all!

- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.ssb.100 -
- K3 wave 3 -