[Elecraft] K4 in production

[Bill Johnson]

I sent my thoughts directly to Scott, not to the reflector.  This one will be out of hand in no time.  

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Ted Roycraft
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 1:56 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 in production

If that's the way you feel, why don't you ask for your money back?

Ted, W2ZK

On 7/16/2020 13:55, 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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