[Elecraft] K4 in production

[Nr4c]

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> On Jul 16, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Dave Cole <dave at nk7z.net> wrote:
> 
> You should probably buy an Icom!
> 
> 73, and thanks,
> Dave (NK7Z)
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>> On 7/16/20 10:55 AM, Tox wrote:
>> Given lead times, if the Dec/Jan ship date was not BS, then parts would
>> already have already been in transit before primary covid impacts were in
>> place. OK, that was missed.
>> I understand these are not normal times. And I live in Santa Clara County,
>> understand current density and watch county #s (and Health Orders being
>> ignored by the public).
>> That they aren't shipping on time now seems most immediately attributable
>> to covid, agreed. That this is the case is seems a result of either failure
>> to deliver or failure to honestly communicate last year.
>> We're now reaching the window of the most recent round of delivery
>> promises, yet I don't know anyone, including those who fronted cash a year
>> ago on a Nov date, who has even gotten final pricing yet.
>> Hence my frustration. I not only am impatient about getting the Shiny
>> (surprise), I feel deceived about how it has been handled by someone
>> sitting on thousands of dollars of my cash.
>> Scott
>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 10:47 AM Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
>>> Say again?  The virus began in Asia [Wuhan China to be exact] at the
>>> very end of 2019.  Many of the parts that Elecraft and every other
>>> manufacturer uses are sourced out of Asia.  Everyones' supply chains are
>>> disrupted now but slowly improving.
>>> 
>>> Elecraft is based in California.  The population density in California
>>> is high ... high enough that if everyone stood 1 meter from everyone
>>> else, some would be standing in Nevada and some in the Pacific Ocean.
>>> [:=)  From the news that leaks over the Sierra Nevada to Sparks,
>>> Elecraft is really working to both resume normal production AND protect
>>> their employees and families so they can continue normal production.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
>>> Sparks NV DM09dn
>>> Washoe County
>>> 
>>> On 7/16/2020 10:20 AM, Tox wrote:
>>>> The parts availability issue was supposed to have been resolved
>>> pre-covid.
>>>> Wondering what the facts are.
>>>> (not griefing you, just frustrated by Nov,Dec/Jan,Mar/Apr,Jul/Aug
>>>>   string-along)
>>>> 
>>>> Scott
>>>> 
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