[Elecraft] TRANSLATION: K3 Subreceiver Status Update

[David Wilburn]

Good stuff.  Makes sense.  The piece that keeps getting me, is that 
people, much more experienced than I, are selling $10,000 rigs, to buy 
a $2,000->$3,000 rig.  Makes me go....hmmmmmmmmm   ;)


Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982


Phil & Debbie Salas wrote:
> "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
> 
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