[Elecraft] Possible K3s TX failure - distorted audio

[K9ZTV]

Good techs don’t come cheap, either, which increases overhead and inflates prices.   Patience works to everyone’s benefit.

Kent  K9ZTV


> On Nov 14, 2018, at 7:38 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The current stated turnaround time for Elecraft repairs is 3 to 4 weeks.
> Given the staff techs with experience, that is the best that they can do.  Oh, yes, "hire more techs" can be said, but that takes time away from those techs now working on repairs for training of new people, so initially the backlog increases until the new techs come on board.
> Not an easy problem to solve for a small company.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> 
>> Well here we are two weeks later. The radio's been sitting in the repair
>> queue since Nov. 1st and hasn't even been looked at yet according to the
>> phone call I just placed. Still waiting to experience that legendary
>> Elecraft support that everybody here raves about. To have a radio that I
>> went four years into debt to buy fail catastrophically after two years of
>> extremely light use isn't something I signed up for. Sorry for venting, but
>> I basically lost a chance at setting a personal best in CQWW-SSB and now CW
>> seems out of the question too, although thankfully a loaned Flex 6500 has at
>> least kept me on the air.
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