[Elecraft] KX3 shipping status update

[Wayne Burdick]

Thanks, Gary. Yes, they do great work. We always hope that boards will  
turn out perfectly in fabrication, and this time it didn't, but the  
company dealt with it immediately.

Wayne


On Mar 18, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:

> I'm in the contract electronic manufacturing business and I've been  
> with
> the same company for ~26 years.  I see a LOT of new manufacturing
> projects crossing my desk each year.  This is nothing unusual and it's
> why you do prototypes.  Most people don't realize the manufacturing
> process steps needed to build a PCB, particularly a multilayer board.
>
> I agree Fred...there does need to be some hand-holding between design
> and manufacturing engineering.  My favorite saying is that, "anyone  
> can
> build one, but can you build 1000?"
>
> I mentioned this to Wayne at Dayton last year...the company that
> fabricates and assembles Elecraft's PC Boards is absolutely first  
> rate.
> I examined the K3 boards under a magnifying lens.
>