[Elecraft] Re: K3 - KRX3 shipping question

[Dave G4AON]

Bruce, I phoned and spoke with Katie last week to as about the 
availability of the KXV3 and also asked about the 2nd receiver. Well the 
good news is the KXV3 is more or less available from stock... The bad 
news is the KRX3 takes around 4 months to deliver. My KXV3 shipped last 
week, but I'm going to sit it out for a while longer on the 2nd 
receiver. I am looking to try a hybrid coupler between the RX in/out 
sockets on the KXV3 to feed an external receiver (marginally less loss 
than a resistive splitter, being external I can easily try both to see 
the difference), I might even look at how practical it is to add a 
buffer amplifier in the K3 to bring out an unattenuated signal but I 
don't want to compromise the K3 performance in doing so. I will be more 
than happy to leave the external receiver on one frequency and tune 
around with the K3, if that external RX's QRG is stored in the K3's 
alternative VFO or one of the quick memories, I can quickly transmit on 
the external RX frequency. Muting the external receiver is not hard either.

I've already done the above (with an internal buffer amp) on my K2, so 
it will be interesting to see how it turns out on the K3.

73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
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Yes, just call me impatient. Now that my K3s have been built and on the air
for several weeks I am anxious to take them apart to install the KRX3s. I
have seen several "mine is shipping" emails, but what would be nice to see
is specific info like is listed for the K3s.

Example - We are shipping "X' qty / week. The backlog is "Y". Something
that would give those of us that don't have K3s in the low three digit
serial numbers some idea when our next package might arrive. Is this
possible and reasonable??

If I have missed such a notification, I apologize.

Anxious in North Carolina,

Bruce - N1LN