[Elecraft] K3 specs

[Bill W5WVO]

Gosh, Henry -- I don't think you thought through the political-economic 
dynamics here.  :-)

The vendors in question must be single-source on these parts, or they would 
have been back-up ordered from a secondary source and there wouldn't even be 
an issue. If these vendors get all kinds of calls from Elecraft customers, 
they will darn well KNOW they are single-source, and then who's in the 
cat-bird seat? They are! You don't want that to happen. You want your vendors 
to believe you can always order from somebody else. If they know they have you 
over a barrel, they can jack the price up and drop you to the end of the queue 
with impunity. Purchasing 101.  :-)

Bill / W5WVO


k4tmc at aol.com wrote:
> Eric,
>
> If you want someone else to beat up on the vendors...just list their
> names here on the reflector.  I am sure they will then be flooded with
> phone calls.
>
> Better yet, if those vendors need help in getting their products to
> you, maybe we can mobilize some "K3-owners-to-be" to quickly arrive
> and expedite matters.  My field of expertise is quality control and
> quality assurance.  Any of those vendors near NC?
>
> 73,
> Henry - K4TMC
> Raleigh, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft <eric at elecraft.com>
> To: Thom LaCosta <lacosta at bcpl.net>
> Cc: Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; Don Rasmussen
> <wb8yqj at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 5:42 pm
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 specs
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> And we're still short several key parts, so we won't ship on the 17th.
> :-(
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>
> I'm waiting for replies from several vendors and will post as soon as
> I have good information. I'm beating on them as hard as I can.. :-)
>
>
> 73, Eric   WA6HHQ
>
> ---------------
>
>
> Thom LaCosta wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Don Rasmussen wrote:
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>>> We're four days from the target date for the first K3
>
>>> delivery and performance numbers are being released.
>
>>> What could this mean? ;-)
>
>>
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>> That there really are K3s, that there are measurements and Santa
>> Claus
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>> has gainful employment.
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>> 73 - k3hrn
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