[Elecraft] I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

[Arthur Burke]

Several years ago, Marsha and I drove up to Rochester, MN for the W0DXCC
convention - it's essentially a big mix of both DX and contesting info, but
well put together - it was fun.

While there, we attended a pseudo-forum that eventually derailed itself
into a bitch session about the 9000. There were a couple of factory reps
from Yaesu and they took it on the chin!

Art - N4PJ



On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:00 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:

> I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft.  Sure they might have
> an issue here or there but they stand behind their products.  I had an
> early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough.  They
> even screwed me on the shipping.  Everyone of the 9000's had to go back
> to Yaesu to get "FIXED".   Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc.
>
> By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the
> beta testers.
>
> I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order.
>
> Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured
> to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com
> Http://www.w0mu.com <http://www.w0mu.com/>
>
>
> On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early
> > adopters.  You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy
> > early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems
> > that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join
> > in with the "latest and greatest".
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
> >> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST
> reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will
> have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
> >>
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > Elecraft mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>