[Elecraft] [QRP-L] The Chinese KX3

[James Rodenkirch]

Snort!  Your "observations," are as anecdotal as can be and.....continue to make my point --- a point that was started when I sent out the reply: If - IF -  they can produce a similar product at a reduced cost, including the absurdity of the current add on costs that Elecraft charges, good for them! 
 
 I also stated that I "hope they are successful - "successful" meaning their version offers like functions and specifications, at a reduced cost!"  If, I repeat, IF those specifications include a Ps as far as the rig remaining operational over some lonnnnnng period of time - saaaaaaay, .95 or .98 or whatever "high value of reliability you want to instill on an Elecraft product," then I hope this Chinese company can turn out a product that's as reliable.
 
Sheesh - I can see the "Elecraft faithful" are out in droves today!
 
Cinching up my flameproof suit even tighter.....72, Jim R. K9JWV
 

 

 


> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:47:50 -0400
> From: km4ik.ian at gmail.com
> To: rodenkirch_llc at msn.com
> CC: c-hawley at illinois.edu; elecraft at mailman.qth.net; qrp-l at mailman.qth.net; john at ae5x.com
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [QRP-L] The Chinese KX3
> 
> <snip>
> If Elecraft service is so damn good, tell me how reliable their product is? Or are you talking about marketing/sales service vice product supportability service??
> <snip>
> 
> Elecraft's gear is fabulously reliable. It's a safe (but unscientifically generated statistic) bet that 70-80% of the issues/problems reported on this forum are user error or lack of knowledge/understanding about the rig. Of the remaining 20%, a large majority of the issues that are actual issues get corrected rapidly in firmware. The remaining are handled as quickly as the folks in Aptos, and elsewhere, can handle them.
> 
> Remember, none of the percentages provided above are in any way statistically/scientifically generated. They are my observations from roughly one year on this, and other, reflector. And, yes, I drank the Kool-Aid willingly and whole-heartedly. ;-)
> 
> 73,
> 
> --Ian
> 
> Ian Kahn, KM4IK
> Roswell, GA
> km4ik.ian at gmail.com
> K3 #281, P3 #688
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