K3 Complaints

[Keith Bainbridge-2]

I've been as guilty as many others complaining about waiting for their
K3's but I have mine now.
I've ordered and paid for my 2nd receiver and digital voice module and
now it's going to be delayed.
I can be patient as I know it will be well worth the wait. The K3 has
exceeded my expectations by at least 50%.
It leaves my K2 and my Omni 6 opt3 for dead on receive and I've had so
many complimentary audio reports its downright embarrassing !
I still cant get it to talk to DRM780 but HRD works great as does
Omnicat and trx-manager using the K2 settings.
To all those out there who insist on knocking Elecraft for trying to
give us the best radio in the marketplace I would ask, if you want a
Rolls Royce you would be prepared to join the 2-3 year waiting list ,
wouldn't you?
Incidently it seems the vast majority of those complaining about all
matters Elecraft appear to be " poms " ( or " limeys" for your side of
the pond )
As a former "pom" , now a true blue Aussie, please be patient and it
will be worth it, dont earn yourselves that well known Aussie
expression  "Whinging Bloody Pom " !!
73 from Sunny Perth

--
Keith
VK6XH
Secretary Northern Corridor Radio Group Inc
Chairman WIA VK6 Advisory Committee.

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[Joe Subich, W4TV-3]

Keith,

> To all those out there who insist on knocking Elecraft for trying to
> give us the best radio in the marketplace I would ask, if you want a
> Rolls Royce you would be prepared to join the 2-3 year waiting list ,
> wouldn't you?

If I were fortunate enough to be able to afford a Rolls Royce, I would
know up front that there was going to be a two year wait AND Rolls would
provide me an ACCURATE delivery schedule up front.  There is no clarity
or accuracy to Elecraft's delivery schedule.  In my case, we're already
two months past the advertised delivery date and major features are on
an indefinite delay.  Even so, I have placed an order for a second K3
to secure a place in line for that radio - whenever that time comes.

After three months of production, I don't think it is too much to ask
for Elecraft to provide accurate delivery schedules to their customers.
They don't need to post them publicly but each order on the list should
receive a sequence number or "production week" privately and the shipping
status should be updated at least weekly.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Keith
> Bainbridge
> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:38 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Complaints
>
>
> I've been as guilty as many others complaining about waiting
> for their
> K3's but I have mine now.
> I've ordered and paid for my 2nd receiver and digital voice
> module and
> now it's going to be delayed.
> I can be patient as I know it will be well worth the wait. The K3 has
> exceeded my expectations by at least 50%.
> It leaves my K2 and my Omni 6 opt3 for dead on receive and
> I've had so
> many complimentary audio reports its downright embarrassing !
> I still cant get it to talk to DRM780 but HRD works great as does
> Omnicat and trx-manager using the K2 settings.
> To all those out there who insist on knocking Elecraft for trying to
> give us the best radio in the marketplace I would ask, if you want a
> Rolls Royce you would be prepared to join the 2-3 year waiting list ,
> wouldn't you?
> Incidently it seems the vast majority of those complaining about all
> matters Elecraft appear to be " poms " ( or " limeys" for
> your side of
> the pond )
> As a former "pom" , now a true blue Aussie, please be patient and it
> will be worth it, dont earn yourselves that well known Aussie
> expression  "Whinging Bloody Pom " !!
> 73 from Sunny Perth
>
> --
> Keith
> VK6XH
> Secretary Northern Corridor Radio Group Inc
> Chairman WIA VK6 Advisory Committee.
>
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[Stewart Baker]

Oh Dear .. Now were are away from speculation and the facts and
back into Flag waving.

73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:37:42 +0900, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
> I've been as guilty as many others complaining about waiting for
their
> K3's but I have mine now.
> I've ordered and paid for my 2nd receiver and digital voice
module and
> now it's going to be delayed.
> I can be patient as I know it will be well worth the wait. The
K3 has
> exceeded my expectations by at least 50%.
> It leaves my K2 and my Omni 6 opt3 for dead on receive and I've
had so
> many complimentary audio reports its downright embarrassing !
> I still cant get it to talk to DRM780 but HRD works great as
does
> Omnicat and trx-manager using the K2 settings.
> To all those out there who insist on knocking Elecraft for
trying to
> give us the best radio in the marketplace I would ask, if you
want a
> Rolls Royce you would be prepared to join the 2-3 year waiting
list ,
> wouldn't you?
> Incidently it seems the vast majority of those complaining about
all
> matters Elecraft appear to be " poms " ( or " limeys" for your
side of
> the pond )
> As a former "pom" , now a true blue Aussie, please be patient
and it
> will be worth it, dont earn yourselves that well known Aussie
> expression  "Whinging Bloody Pom " !!
> 73 from Sunny Perth


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