[Elecraft] K3 Synthesizer, KSYN3A

[Wes]

The Boatanchor AM guys are going to be on the air making Qs; the rest of us will 
be waiting for parts. ;-)

Wes  N7WS

On 7/16/2022 8:07 AM, Geert Jan de Groot wrote:
> On 15/07/2022 18:48, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
>> I have a K3 with the original synthesizer boards. I am looking for a pair
>> of the new KSYN3A boards.
>> I have spoken to Elecraft tech support and I am on their list in case they
>> decide to make a run of new synthesizer boards.
>
> The KSYN3A design is based on microcontrollers from Microchip.
> I've ordered some controllers at Microchip myself (of a type that is much more 
> common than the ones used in KSYN3A) and today I received the 5th "your ship 
> datum has changed" notice. Note, we're talking delivery in 3Q2023, but the 
> next notification will be 4Q2023; my first delivery notice was for June 2023. 
> And my order is small.
>
> The market is still absolutely bonkers. At QRL, I know about at least a dozen 
> re-design efforts to change designs to make meet the semiconductors that we 
> still can get.
>
> Wayne reported similar difficulties in his status report three months ago. And 
> it doesn't make sense to keep reporting "it is going to come..." because the 
> ship dates keep shifting and part delivery promises, even contractual, keep 
> changing.
>
> The industry expects things to quieten down a bit next year, but we'll still 
> need to catch up the backlog.
>
> I fully understand Wayne not reporting any ship dates. I would report only if 
> I have all parts on my desk, for all parts needed in the design. Even mundane 
> things like connectors (DC connectors) now yield delivery time of more than a 
> year out.
>
> So it goes,
>
> Geert Jan