[Elecraft] TRANSLATION: K3 Subreceiver Status Update

[Phil & Debbie Salas]

"Myself I don't consider this a debacle at all - what we are seeing is a
small high-tech company bringing out a product that is already surpassing
the competition in terms of performance and putting the release of a
flagship radio from one of the major Japanese manufacturers to shame."

I completely agree.  Should Elecraft have waited until everything was ready 
before announcing the K3?  If they had, there wouldn't be 200+ K3s out there 
and more shipping every day.  I'd rather have a K3 now without all the 
options, rather than wait until everything was ready.

I spent 33 years in new product development (most of the time at 
Rockwell/Collins).  I averaged a 20% development time overrun on new 
products.  When you do innovative things for the first time, you really 
cannot anticipate all the issues you will run into.  But it is best to be 
optimistic on your schedules.  If you put out a pessimistic schedule (trying 
to take everything into consideration), you will not have the sense of 
urgency during the development, and you will still run into things that you 
didn't anticipate.  I used to always say that it is MUCH better to miss an 
optimistic schedule than to miss a pessimistic schedule.

I'm looking forward to receiving my K3.  Hopefully it will be here shortly. 
And while I do want (and have ordered) the second receiver, I am willing to 
wait for the optimally designed seconmd receiver.

Phil - AD5X