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Dick Housden, W0NTA

Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th & 14th, 2008

Hi Kevin,

Good to hear you on ECN. One change, my K3 is #1208 not 1207. It sure seems
like a very nice radio. I took it to the cabin over the weekend and got in
some nice QSOs. Had to come home early so we could attend my grand
daughter's sixth birthday party Sunday afternoon. So. I missed the 20 meter
net. I can only run about 40 to 50 watts from here on 40 meters since I
knock out a couple of GFIs if I run 100 watts.

Hope to remember next week's net.

73, Dick, W0NTA
Greeley, CO

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John Clare

Re: Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th & 14th, 2008

Hello Dick et al. On noting your K3 Serial Number, and wishing to understand
the radio and the company much better, I am puzzled by Serial Number
chronology. My K3 rolled off the production line approx 21 days ago and its
Serial Number is 1054, yet I am seeing numbers out there that are in the
1100's and 1200's. My K3 is a 100w factory assembled version with auto tuner
and transverter interface. Are there seperate serial no. blocks for 10w, kit
form etcetera., does any one know? John Clare VK1CJ.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Housden, W0NTA" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:34 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th & 14th, 2008

> Hi Kevin,
>
> Good to hear you on ECN. One change, my K3 is #1208 not 1207. It sure
> seems like a very nice radio. I took it to the cabin over the weekend and
> got in some nice QSOs. Had to come home early so we could attend my grand
> daughter's sixth birthday party Sunday afternoon. So. I missed the 20
> meter net. I can only run about 40 to 50 watts from here on 40 meters
> since I knock out a couple of GFIs if I run 100 watts.
>
> Hope to remember next week's net.
>
> 73, Dick, W0NTA
> Greeley, CO
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Dick Housden, W0NTA

Re: Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th & 14th, 2008

Hi John,

I am not sure how Elecraft is issuing serial numbers. I thought I read somewhere that there could be differences in the sequence of kits versus assembled units, but I cannot find anything on that. Maybe I was dreaming, again.

Maybe someone else can enlighten us.

73, Dick, W0NTA
Greeley, CO

John Clare wrote

Hello Dick et al. On noting your K3 Serial Number, and wishing to understand
the radio and the company much better, I am puzzled by Serial Number
chronology. My K3 rolled off the production line approx 21 days ago and its
Serial Number is 1054, yet I am seeing numbers out there that are in the
1100's and 1200's. My K3 is a 100w factory assembled version with auto tuner
and transverter interface. Are there seperate serial no. blocks for 10w, kit
form etcetera., does any one know? John Clare VK1CJ.

WILLIS COOKE

Serial Numbers

I am not an insider, so I don't know but I get the
impression that when they sell an assembled K3 they
first assemble a kit and then have one of their techs
build and test it. If they assign the serial number
when they assemble the kit this would throw the
assembled units a few weeks later than the kit units
with adjacent serial numbers. This may not be
correct, but it sounds plausible. I have seen
references to a particular radio being built by a
particular technician.

--- "Dick Housden, W0NTA" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hi John,
>
> I am not sure how Elecraft is issuing serial
> numbers. I thought I read
> somewhere that there could be differences in the
> sequence of kits versus
> assembled units, but I cannot find anything on that.
> Maybe I was dreaming,
> again.
>
> Maybe someone else can enlighten us.
>
> 73, Dick, W0NTA
> Greeley, CO
>
>
>
> John Clare wrote:
> >
> > Hello Dick et al. On noting your K3 Serial Number,
> and wishing to
> > understand
> > the radio and the company much better, I am
> puzzled by Serial Number
> > chronology. My K3 rolled off the production line
> approx 21 days ago and
> > its
> > Serial Number is 1054, yet I am seeing numbers out
> there that are in the
> > 1100's and 1200's. My K3 is a 100w factory
> assembled version with auto
> > tuner
> > and transverter interface. Are there seperate
> serial no. blocks for 10w,
> > kit
> > form etcetera., does any one know? John Clare
> VK1CJ.
> >
> >
>
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David King-11

Re: Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th & 14th, 2008

In reply to this post by John Clare

On July 3rd, Eric had posted the following reference serial numbers in a
message titled "KRX-3":

We are shipping in two parallel groups: kit and built K3s. Since -F
built K3s are built to order, and because the kit and built versions are
built on different production lines, the s/n sequences will not be
exactly in sequence between the two groups getting KRX3s.
---

There are a lot more KRX3's backlogged for the kit version than for the
-F built version, since the initial orders strongly favored kits. We are
working through both of these groups in parallel (with different
production people) and as a result the -F serial numbers will appear to
jump forward faster than the kit versions.

David King
KE7EKA

John Clare wrote:

> Hello Dick et al. On noting your K3 Serial Number, and wishing to
> understand the radio and the company much better, I am puzzled by
> Serial Number chronology. My K3 rolled off the production line approx
> 21 days ago and its Serial Number is 1054, yet I am seeing numbers out
> there that are in the 1100's and 1200's. My K3 is a 100w factory
> assembled version with auto tuner and transverter interface. Are there
> seperate serial no. blocks for 10w, kit form etcetera., does any one
> know? John Clare VK1CJ.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Housden, W0NTA" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:34 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th & 14th, 2008
>
>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> Good to hear you on ECN. One change, my K3 is #1208 not 1207. It sure
>> seems like a very nice radio. I took it to the cabin over the weekend
>> and got in some nice QSOs. Had to come home early so we could attend
>> my grand daughter's sixth birthday party Sunday afternoon. So. I
>> missed the 20 meter net. I can only run about 40 to 50 watts from
>> here on 40 meters since I knock out a couple of GFIs if I run 100 watts.
>>
>> Hope to remember next week's net.
>>
>> 73, Dick, W0NTA
>> Greeley, CO
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Dick Housden, W0NTA

Re: Elecraft CW Net Report for July 13th & 14th, 2008

Thanks David. I knew I saw something about serial numbers somewhere. I just used the wrong search parameters when I went looking.

73, Dick, W0NTA
Greeley, CO

David King-11 wrote

On July 3rd, Eric had posted the following reference serial numbers in a
message titled "KRX-3":

We are shipping in two parallel groups: kit and built K3s. Since -F
built K3s are built to order, and because the kit and built versions are
built on different production lines, the s/n sequences will not be
exactly in sequence between the two groups getting KRX3s.
---

There are a lot more KRX3's backlogged for the kit version than for the
-F built version, since the initial orders strongly favored kits. We are
working through both of these groups in parallel (with different
production people) and as a result the -F serial numbers will appear to
jump forward faster than the kit versions.

David King
KE7EKA

Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO

Re: Serial Numbers

In reply to this post by WILLIS COOKE

This is likely. When Elecraft made an error and shipped me a kit
K3 instead of the factory-assembled one I had ordered, I sent it
back to them, they built it, and they sent it back to me. Same
serial number (888) as the kit I originally received.

Bill W5WVO

----- Original Message -----
From: "WILLIS COOKE" <[hidden email]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:06 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Serial Numbers

> I am not an insider, so I don't know but I get the
> impression that when they sell an assembled K3 they
> first assemble a kit and then have one of their techs
> build and test it. If they assign the serial number
> when they assemble the kit this would throw the
> assembled units a few weeks later than the kit units
> with adjacent serial numbers. This may not be
> correct, but it sounds plausible. I have seen
> references to a particular radio being built by a
> particular technician.
>
>
> --- "Dick Housden, W0NTA" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I am not sure how Elecraft is issuing serial
> > numbers. I thought I read
> > somewhere that there could be differences in the
> > sequence of kits versus
> > assembled units, but I cannot find anything on that.
> > Maybe I was dreaming,
> > again.
> >
> > Maybe someone else can enlighten us.
> >
> > 73, Dick, W0NTA
> > Greeley, CO
> >
> >
> >
> > John Clare wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Dick et al. On noting your K3 Serial Number,
> > and wishing to
> > > understand
> > > the radio and the company much better, I am
> > puzzled by Serial Number
> > > chronology. My K3 rolled off the production line
> > approx 21 days ago and
> > > its
> > > Serial Number is 1054, yet I am seeing numbers out
> > there that are in the
> > > 1100's and 1200's. My K3 is a 100w factory
> > assembled version with auto
> > > tuner
> > > and transverter interface. Are there seperate
> > serial no. blocks for 10w,
> > > kit
> > > form etcetera., does any one know? John Clare
> > VK1CJ.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context:
> >
>

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