[Elecraft] New K3 Shipping estimates...

[Don Rasmussen]

I paid five bucks to check in with Elecraft from a
wifi hotspot in LV "late August" (which turned out to
be Aug 31), anxious to hear that ten or more units had
shipped on that day, with more to follow. That made
sense because of the original "late July" estimate
from Elecraft.

Ten weeks later that's what we have, eleven of them
out there. One or two at a painstaking time.
 
Mine (from group one May 10) will probably be here
just before Christmas which would have been pretty
easy to accept had that date been provided up front. 

As it is, it's been somewhat trying and "sorry" to the
guys in groups two and three. 

Like many, there are times I simply forget what a
small (however talented) group of dedicated hams this
is.

Anyone that thinks that TenTec (an order of magnitude
larger) or anyone else can do it any better just look
here. 

http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/K3_Where_are_the_production_units%3F

It may be very difficult for them to produce these
transceivers in the volume we as hams expect (demand).

I am SO happy to have one on order.

Tell your friends (that even know what K3 is) that NOW
is the time to order - Kenwood is not making them
after all.