[Elecraft] Elecraft Honchos!!!

[Darwin, Keith]

-----Original Message-----
I'm very interested in purchasing one of your NEW K3s but what I have a
hard time understanding is about the production "lag-time" (4mo. now?")
If you guys KNOW that you've got a winner then WHY NOT RAMP UP
PRODUCTION now instead of having everybody wait???  Also, if the staff
that you have that visits the various "Ham-Conventions" and take MORE
orders then are'nt you guys compounding the work-order process even
MORE???

Look! This is Ham-Radio and it's all about "instant gratification" and
you should know that as a businessman!!! Until you have your production
equalized more orders slow up production if you're not GEARED-UP TO
HANDLE THEM!!!

73,

Jim/nn6ee
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I do NOT want Elecraft to gear up in an open loop fashion.  Elecraft is
a great company specifically because they are small.  If they balloon in
size too quickly or too much, they'd likely turn into a US version of
Ikensu and we'd be getting junk from a big non-responsive company.

The K3 is a package deal.  It comes with a DSP, nice display, great QSK,
top-notch receiver, small form-factor, no internal PS, no 200 watt PA
and a long, unpredictable wait time.  That is just the way it is.  We've
established that many months ago and all the wishing for it to be
different is for naught.  Either you take it as a package or not.

I sure hope Elecraft continues to keep quality, performance, price and
support as priorities over delivery schedule because those are the
features that I really want in my new rig.

- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -