[Elecraft] Serial Numbers

[Bill W5WVO]

This is likely. When Elecraft made an error and shipped me a kit
K3 instead of the factory-assembled one I had ordered, I sent it
back to them, they built it, and they sent it back to me. Same
serial number (888) as the kit I originally received.

Bill W5WVO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WILLIS COOKE" <wrcooke at flash.net>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:06 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Serial Numbers


> I am not an insider, so I don't know but I get the
> impression that when they sell an assembled K3 they
> first assemble a kit and then have one of their techs
> build and test it.  If they assign the serial number
> when they assemble the kit this would throw the
> assembled units a few weeks later than the kit units
> with adjacent serial numbers.  This may not be
> correct, but it sounds plausible.  I have seen
> references to a particular radio being built by a
> particular technician.
>
>
> --- "Dick Housden, W0NTA" <w0nta at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I am not sure how Elecraft is issuing serial
> > numbers. I thought I read
> > somewhere that there could be differences in the
> > sequence of kits versus
> > assembled units, but I cannot find anything on that.
> > Maybe I was dreaming,
> > again.
> >
> > Maybe someone else can enlighten us.
> >
> > 73, Dick, W0NTA
> > Greeley, CO
> >
> >
> >
> > John Clare wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Dick et al. On noting your K3 Serial Number,
> > and wishing to
> > > understand
> > > the radio and the company much better, I am
> > puzzled by Serial Number
> > > chronology. My K3 rolled off the production line
> > approx 21 days ago and
> > > its
> > > Serial Number is 1054, yet I am seeing numbers out
> > there that are in the
> > > 1100's and 1200's. My K3 is a 100w factory
> > assembled version with auto
> > > tuner
> > > and transverter interface. Are there seperate
> > serial no. blocks for 10w,
> > > kit
> > > form etcetera., does any one know? John Clare
> > VK1CJ.
> > >
> > >
> >
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