[Elecraft] K4???

[Rick NK7I]

Then here is your weekly status report:

They're working on improving the firmware (notes posted to the reflector 
a couple DAYS ago made note of this).
They're having (like much of the world) issues in getting hard dates for 
the bits and pieces to make more K4 (newsletter last month).
When released from house arrest, they will be back at the job awaiting 
the parts they've ordered so they can build more (newsletter).
When that is going to be, is anyone's guess for CA.  (Duh)

Repeat reading this weekly as needed, until there is a change. I'd 
rather they continue to make a quality product instead of hand holding.  
I've gone through this a couple times for new Elecraft gear, it requires 
patience.

The rest of us understand this; it is the birthing pangs of a complex 
new product multiplied by the COVID19 situation.  There is no deception, 
no lying but file it under "S" because "Stuff" happens.  ;-P

Rick NK7I


On 5/15/2020 11:13 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> All of that is true, except that it doesn't take somebody like Wayne 
> or Eric or any of their engineers to draft a weekly status report to 
> those who have put down a deposit.  Anybody who speaks with them 
> regularly could do it.  I haven't ordered a K4 and don't know if I 
> ever will, but I'd be pretty upset to have put down that much money 
> for ANY item with this little regular feedback on its shipping status 
> since I can't think of a good excuse for it.  From what I've seen, 
> just about every status email from Elecraft has talked about K4 
> feature issues instead of when it might actually be delivered ... so 
> no, I don't think that's being very transparent.  A year is a very 
> long time to have your money tied up, and along with that comes some 
> measure of responsibility to account for it.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
> On 5/15/2020 10:08 AM, David Herring wrote:
>> A lot of us are in the same place you are, but Eric & Wayne have been 
>> transparent about how long this was going to take and why for the 
>> last year or so. Last I heard the K4 was to have been shipping by 
>> now, BUT that's kind of hard to do when one’s county and state have 
>> shut down one's manufacturing plant due to coronavirus. IMHO a bit 
>> beyond Eric & Wayne’s control at this point…
>>
>> 73,
>> David - N5DCH
>>
>>> On May 15, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft 
>>> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> It has been exactly 52 weeks since I placed an order for the K4, 
>>> with a full deposit.
>>>
>>> I truly understand all of the current difficulties, but would 
>>> appreciate a status report.
>>>
>>> Tom W4KX
>
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