[Elecraft] This does not bode well for the chip users of the world

[Wayne Burdick]

Indeed, it's a ubiquitous curse. Fortunately we stocked up far in advance on most parts and assemblies. 

Wayne
N6KR




> On Apr 29, 2021, at 10:39 AM, Mark Goldberg <marklgoldberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For smaller customers that are not buying millions of parts at a time, it
> is even worse, as they have no leverage. That includes the company I am
> working for and I would assume companies like Elecraft. Even for simple
> orders from distributors of in stock parts they are taking a week to ship
> rather than the usual next day shipment. It is really disruptive.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 10:20 AM Dave Cole <dave at nk7z.net> wrote:
> 
>> An interesting story from OPB dealing with the global shortage of chips...
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/29/it-s-not-just-cars-ipads-and-macs-suffer-from-semiconductor-crunch/
>> 
>> --
>> 73, and thanks,
>> Dave (NK7Z)
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