[Elecraft] Elecraft Service

[Lou Mecseri]

Dr. Bill,

I am 85, and have an updated K3 line (K3, P3, KT500 and KP500) with the 
removed boards from the K3 upgrade in stock.

I will leave a note with the station, when I am on the SK page of QST  
contact you and offer it to you. Hi.

Is that a fair deal?

73, Lou KE1F

On 4/21/2022 15:15, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote:
> This brings up a rather sobering reality.  Over the last few months, I've depleted my parts supply for the K3/K3S to practically nothing after helping a few friends with failures.  For example, I stockpiled older KIO3 boards when people upgraded to the KIO3B boards... but my stash is gone now, after lightning strikes and other failures myself and friends have had.  I've also fixed a myriad of other modules in K3, KPA500, KPA1500 etc. and am just keeping my head above water at my contest stations due to lack of overall support.  I can scrounge and get individual parts, but no replacement cards are available.  I guess we are all going to have to decide what our direction forward will be when the failure occurs for which there are no parts.
>
> What are others doing?  Waiting in line for K4 or moving on to different vendors?
>
> Anyone have "scrap" K3 or K3s for sale???
>
>
> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Ronnie Hull
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 9:47 AM
> To: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; rikoski <rikoski at rikoski.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Service
>
> I’ve been waiting three months just to get an RA for my K3 Ron W5SUM
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 21, 2022, at 9:09 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> I'm investigating this and will get back to you ASAP.
>>
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 21, 2022, at 6:23 AM, rikoski <rikoski at rikoski.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I got an RA number and sent my K3 to Elecraft for service going on 3 months now.
>>>
>>> It has not been seviced; nor diagnosed.
>>>
>>> I phoned a month ago and was told I was number 12 on the list.
>>>
>>> I phoned yesterday and was told I was number 8.
>>>
>>> I moved up four places in a month?
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