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

[Don Rasmussen]

>> a less than happy  Bob G4DBW 

Bob,

Thanks for sharing your grief. ;-)

Now the entire list can enjoy your vent, and digest
readers can enjoy it over and over in the future. 

To those who have purchased Elecraft in the past, you
know this is a rare occasion, but it will happen. And
even the smallest omissions are amplified by overseas
shipments.

My K3 was -perfect- and there were QA tags from three
different people, each of which had stocked the K3
shipping box with 20 or more items. 

To those who might read the digest of this list at
some time in the future, paraphrasing Samuel Clemens
with respect to standards at Elecraft "the reports of
my demise have been greatly exaggerated".

Building a whine cellar in Aptos... 


[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