[Elecraft] Fire report

[Paul Van Dyke]

Ed. I was in the KX3 pile up, mine (#22) went on a dxpedition 4 days after
it was on my doorstep.  KX2 #38 is on the road with me in Pigeon Forge
now.. Laughing,, redoing the shack for the K4..

Sometime you have to wait for the best.. and the world whacks at you.

Paul Van Dyke .. KB9AVO

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 12:43 PM Ed W0YK <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:

>
> For all of you with K4 orders, I can imagine how frustrating the wait is.
> As a fortunate field tester for a couple months now, the radio exceeds even
> my informed expectations.  As a K4 focus team member over the last 4+
> years, I continue to be pleasantly surprised with its actual performance
> and features.In the WW RTTY contest last weekend, its exceptional handling
> of high-QRM continues to be striking.  The clarity of the desired signal
> and overall audio quality far exceeds any radio I've used.Eric, Wayne and
> the entire Elecraft team continue to positively persevere despite the
> pandemic,  horrendous fires and other personal trauma that 2020 provides.
> They sincerely appreciate the support and patience extended by you.73,Ed
> W0YK
> -------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> Date: 9/29/20  08:14  (GMT-08:00) To: Elecraft Reflector <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] Fire report Eric is working
> on a K4 shipping update. Meanwhile, I can give you an update on
> California's book-of-Job fires. The newest fires (in counties north of the
> Bay Area) have impacted two additional members of our K4 engineering team.
> One was poised for evacuation as of last night, and the other may have lost
> his home. Fortunately both of them and their families are safe.We're doing
> everything we can to help. Roads, housing, and supplies are severely
> impacted throughout the area. The prevailing winds are blowing smoke from
> these fires south, and on bad days the rest of us are sheltering indoors
> with windows closed. It hit near 100 F at my QTH each of the last two days,
> despite being only a mile from the bay and 15 miles from the ocean.I know I
> sound like a broken record with these gloomy reports, and I'm sure I speak
> for our entire staff in thanking you for your patience. (Anyone know when
> is 2020 going to end?)73,WayneN6KR> On Sep 29, 2020, at 7:55 AM, htash <
> thorntonash at comcast.net> wrote:> > So, tomorrow is the last day of
> September, will we get a new shipping update?> >> On Sep 24, 2020, at 12:09
> PM, thornton ash <thorntonash at comcast.net> wrote:>> >> Given we were only
> days away from shipping several weeks ago, how about an update?>> >> Fires,
> documentation, etc?>
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