[Elecraft] KX3 Web Page and Data Sheet now up

[Fred Jensen]

What ever happened to "patience" in our society?  For pete's sake, 
they're working on it, folks!  It's hard, I've been there, Design 
Engineers come up with some great stuff, Manufacturing Engineers work to 
build it, Engineers, Marketing, and Accountants try hard to figure out 
what will make money, how much it will cost, now and into the future. 
Hey, no money, no product.

The first time I gave our Mech. E. the board destined for an off-road 
vehicle application to put in his "Shake and Bake, it blew every single 
capacitor off the board.  Nice design, not buildable, not all 0.01uf 
capacitors are created equal.

And then there's the issues of component availability once you've gotten 
them to stay on the board.  And quality ... components are manufactured 
all over this planet.  It sometimes matters where they come from.

Don is right, a lot of what is cluttering up the list is premature.  I'm 
sure the E-Folks read this list and log a lot of ideas, concerns, and 
work to incorporate them into designs and upgrades.  Take five minutes 
and think of three of those that have already happened for your K3 or K2.

Just because light travels at 299,792,458 meters/second for our 
computers and the electronic stuff in the pockets of our cargo shorts 
doesn't mean that engineering moves at that speed too.  We all like 
Elecraft.  Could we all give them just a little space?

73, and patient,

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA
On 5/26/2011 5:55 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> I believe that is a pre-mature question.  There are only 3 prototype
> KX3s in the world today.  That information will come later.