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Don Putnick-2

I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

Don,

Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early
adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy
early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems
that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join
in with the "latest and greatest".

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
>
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w0mu

Re: I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft. Sure they might have
an issue here or there but they stand behind their products. I had an
early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough. They
even screwed me on the shipping. Everyone of the 9000's had to go back
to Yaesu to get "FIXED". Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc.

By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the
beta testers.

I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order.

Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured
to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out.

Mike W0MU

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On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Don,
>
> Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early
> adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy
> early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems
> that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join
> in with the "latest and greatest".
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
>> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
>>
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Arthur Burke

Re: I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

Several years ago, Marsha and I drove up to Rochester, MN for the W0DXCC
convention - it's essentially a big mix of both DX and contesting info, but
well put together - it was fun.

While there, we attended a pseudo-forum that eventually derailed itself
into a bitch session about the 9000. There were a couple of factory reps
from Yaesu and they took it on the chin!

Art - N4PJ

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:00 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I have no issues being 1st in line with Elecraft. Sure they might have
> an issue here or there but they stand behind their products. I had an
> early FT-DX9000 and I couldn't give it back to them fast enough. They
> even screwed me on the shipping. Everyone of the 9000's had to go back
> to Yaesu to get "FIXED". Elecraft will just send parts, boards etc.
>
> By the way someone has to find the issues and that is not always the
> beta testers.
>
> I have two K3's, P3, KPA-500 and the KAT-500 on order.
>
> Elecraft does not ship products that are not ready and are not pressured
> to ship prior to having all the bugs worked out.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com
> Http://www.w0mu.com <http://www.w0mu.com/>
>
>
> On 5/22/2012 9:40 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early
> > adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy
> > early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems
> > that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join
> > in with the "latest and greatest".
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 5/22/2012 11:30 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
> >> Don's rule for buying new ham radio products: don't buy it until QST
> reviews it. The bugs will have been shaken out and the waiting list will
> have disappeared. Just bought my KPA-500 in fact. 73 Don NA6Z
> >>
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Don Putnick-2

Re: I am so over the KX3 list for shipping

In reply to this post by Don Wilhelm-4

Hi Don,

My rule of thumb comes from years of experience with OTHER manufacturers, not with Elecraft. Now that I'm part of the K3-Line family, I'm learning my risk-adverse behavior is a bit much. Oh oh ... I hear a voice calling to me "hey, little boy, wanna buy a KAT500".

73 Don NA6Z

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> From: Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]>
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>Cc: Elecraft List <[hidden email]>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:40 PM
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>
>Don,
>Great advice, but you are missing out on a lot of the fun from the early adopters. You may not want to join in on the array of those who buy early, but take heart that Elecraft does provide fixes for the problems that are identified by the "early adopters", so do not be afraid to join in with the "latest and greatest".
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>