[Elecraft] K3 # 238 build experience -standards have dropped IMO

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After waiting 9 months for the radio .. vital parts were 
missing form the shipment. (antenna connector and its special 
pigtail lead, plus a whole pack of US style '4-40'  screws 
unobtainable in the UK. 

So despite passing all the preliminary checks #238 remains 
off air for the foreseeable future. I await the missing parts 
from Elecraft, who were immediately notified of the shortages 
upon receipt of the package via email some 10 days ago. 

Having built the K2 from a kit of many hundreds of individual 
components, of which not one was missing from the kit,  I 
have to say that the whole K3 buying experience is not one I 
have enjoyed.  

Elecraft standards have dropped IMO.  

I just wonder how many others have been missing vital parts 
from their consignments?. 

a less than happy 

Bob G4DBW