[Elecraft] Elecraft P3 panadapter at the Orlando Hamcation

[S Sacco]

Guy -

Please don't forget that Elecraft sucked in quite a few of us on the K3 by
promising wildly optimistic delivery dates.  I consider that to be a highly
questionable business practice.


On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Dave - AB7E <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Are the feature list and specifications now firm?  And if so, what are
> they?  I would have thought that anyone contemplating spending $700 for any
> box, even with the Elecraft name on it, would want to know what it does
> before sending off the check.
> >
>
> I should note that putting a prototype, and then later a working early
> model in front of the public for comment at some convention-style
> event, is RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.  Early ham feedback at hamfests is
> essential, and it too is R&D.
>
> It's only the customers (and pent up demand) that are mistakenly
> insisting that they are slow.  You want the kind of innovation and
> service they are known for, you have to wait.  It's not a flaw or
> laziness, or some kind of commie plot to rob us of our toys.  It's
> careful business.  Good stuff at good prices is the hardest thing to
> do. What was that thing, you can have two of the three, quick,
> quality, low price?  (Personally, I'm betting quality AND low price is
> at the root of the amp thing, I'll wait.)
>
> I wonder if anyone has noticed businesses going down for getting even
> close to the edge these days?  Hello?  The early plunk for the K3 was
> a VOLUNTARY early alternative financing scheme.  Lot better than them
> being leveraged by a bank that pulls the plug on them for completely
> unrelated reasons.  Any Rip Van Winkle types please check the
> financials for the last couple of years for historical information and
> note that Ronald Reagan is not president any more.
>
> Personally, I want Elecraft around for a while.  Conservative business
> practices with no screeching tires at cliff's edge is just super
> peachy fine by me. There is no TARP fund bailout for Elecraft. They go
> down, we're back to getting our stuff from Yakencom and stuck with
> what they decide for us, whether we like it or not.
>
> And some folks WOULD plunk now for unfirm features (and there's no big
> gorilla around MAKING anyone plunk -- it's a CHOICE one makes), with
> the personal SELF-assurance that if it isn't what they want, they can
> come here and sell it on the reflector, fast.
>
> 73, Guy.
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