[Elecraft] K4???

[David Herring]

When we ordered our K4s last year, we all knew that the machine was still in development. We all knew that it was going to be months before it would be ready. And unless we were irretrievably daft, we all had to have known that delays were likely. There have been no secrets here. This was an investment in a future technology and we provided the venture capital. With the communications that occurred around the initial deposit, along with the occasional post on this reflector and the occasional newsletter giving updates on this product, they have been adequately transparent. 

There is no way in the world that a weekly update is necessary or practical. 

73,
David - N5DCH

> On May 15, 2020, at 12:13 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> 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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