[Elecraft] K3 & K3S Options Last Time Buy Update (12/02/2022)

[Wayne Burdick]

Gary,

Our assembly house got overloaded, delaying our modules. But I understand that some of them may have just been delivered (finally!). We would need to then do full testing. 

Eric may want to elaborate.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


> On Feb 15, 2023, at 1:45 PM, n6lrv at outlook.com wrote:
> 
> Eric,
> 
> It has been almost 11 weeks since your last K3 & K3S Options Update (shown below). I have several option kits on order but I haven't heard anything about them in the past 11 weeks so would you please update us?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Gary R.
> ________________________________
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Eric Swartz <eric at elecraft.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 4:16 PM
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> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 & K3S Options Last Time Buy Update (12/02/2022)
> 
> I apologize for the delay getting this info out to everyone. (See my final
> comments below after the status section for more info on what has caused
> much of the delay.)
> 
> First - The current K3 & K3S option status. The following boards are now in
> process, and should ship close to these dates ranges if there are no new
> parts issues or surprise manufacturing delays.
> 
> P3TXMON  6-8 weeks
> K3EXREF      8 weeks
> KAT3A:          8 weeks
> KDVR3          8 weeks
> KPA3A        6-8 weeks
> KIO3B        8-9 weeks
> KSYN3A        8 weeks
> KBPF3A        8 weeks
> KXV3B       6-8 weeks
> 
> K144XV and K144RFLK   7-10 days
> We've completed building an additional batch of K144XV 2M options and
> we're  finishing up the matching K144RFLK lock boards, which lock the
> K144XV's frequency to the K3's reference oscillator.
> We'll be contacting the remaining customers for these two items in order to
> confirm shipping information (and collect the other half of the funds due
> for shipping and those who made a half deposit.)
> 
> ---
> 
> Remaining 3 Last time Buy items:
> 
> P3: Still seeing long parts delays from Analog devices and Microchip.
> 
> P3SVGA: Still seeing long parts delays from Intel (FPGA) and Microchip (uC).
> 
> K3/0 Mini: Microchip (uC) delays plus qualifying second sources on several
> other parts. We are also evaluating our demo stock of  K3/0 Minis to see if
> that can help with regular orders or our wait-list orders.
> 
> We will update everyone on these last three items as we get new information.
> 
> ----
> General comments:
> We've been navigating a wide range of parts and manufacturing issues these
> past months. The K3 Options suffered in focus as we first had to keep our
> primary product lines rolling out the door to you. (K4s, KX-Line, Amps
> (100, 500 and 1500W) etc.) We've been successful sourcing parts for these
> primary products and keeping them shipping :-) , but its taken way more
> focus and effort that anyone expected..
> 
> We've also had to contend with one of our key circuit board assembly
> subcontractors becoming unavailable after being sold to another company.
> (All of our boards are built in the U.S.) That resulted in our other
> assembly subcontractors becoming overloaded. Fortunately we have now
> qualified and brought on-line several new U.S. circuit board assembly
> companies with excellent results. In addition to smoothing our regular
> production, this has made it possible to get our focus back on the K3
> Options.
> 
> We will be posting updates for these products as they each get closer to
> shipping.
> 
> Thank you again for your patience.
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> Eric   WA6HHQ
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