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K3: prices going up

DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
Hi all:

I just noticed that the price of the KPA3 is now up (I think) $50 to
$399.  I think the 5 pole filters are also up ($20????).

Can anybody check me on that?  Does anyone know when this happened?

I knew it couldn't last forever - fantasies rarely do!  :-)

de Doug KR2QW
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Re: K3: prices going up

M0XDF
8-pole filters have always been $120 - that's what I paid in June when I
added them to the original order.
I didn't take a note of the KPA3 because you get it as part of the K3/100
kit.
73 de M0XDF / K3 #174

On 31/1/08 11:47, "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" <[hidden email]> sent:

> Hi all:
>
> I just noticed that the price of the KPA3 is now up (I think) $50 to
> $399.  I think the 5 pole filters are also up ($20????).
>
> Can anybody check me on that?  Does anyone know when this happened?
>
> I knew it couldn't last forever - fantasies rarely do!  :-
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comes you'll know you're dead. -Tennessee Williams


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Re: K3: prices going up

dj7mgq
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> I just noticed that the price of the KPA3 is now up (I think) $50 to
> $399.  I think the 5 pole filters are also up ($20????).
>
> Can anybody check me on that?  Does anyone know when this happened?

It sure looks like it. I'd need to check my invoice, which I don't  
have here at work, so I may be wrong but as I remember, the prices  
last year were:

Item        2007             Now
K3/10       $1399.00         $1399.95
K3/100      $1749.00         $1799.95
KAT3        $ 259.00         $ 299.95
KRX3        $ 539.00         $ 539.95
KPA3        $ 349.00         $ 399.95
KFL3A-200   $  79.00         $  99.00
KFL3A-250   $ 120.00         $ 120.00
KFL3A-400   $ 120.00         $ 120.00
KFL3A-500   $  79.00         $  99.00
KFL3A-1.0   $ 120.00         $ 120.00
KFL3A-1.8   $ 120.00         $ 120.00
KFL3A-2.1   $ 120.00         $ 120.00
KFL3A-2.8   $ 120.00         $ 120.00
KFL3A-6.0   $ 120.00         $ 120.00
KFL3B-FM    $  99.00         $ 120.00
KBPF3       $  99.00         $ 129.95
KXV3        $  79.00         $  99.95
KDVR3       $  99.00         $  99.95
KUSB        $  39.00         $  39.95


vy 73 de toby

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RE: K3: prices going up

Gary Hvizdak
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On Thu 31 Jan 2008 at 06:47:39 EST DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL (KR2QW) wrote ...

I just noticed that the price of the KPA3 is now up (I think) $50 to
$399.  I think the 5 pole filters are also up ($20????).

Can anybody check me on that?  Does anyone know when this happened?

--

Hi Doug,

    I can confirm your question about the KPA3 price which originally was
$349 for the kit.  Likewise, their 5-pole filters are up $20 from $79 to
$99.  I do not know when these changes occurred nor if more prices have
changed.

    Thus far Elecraft hasn't been cranking out K3s in huge volumes.  (I
would consider 60 units per week to be volume production.)  Rather, it is as
if each radio has been custom crafted!  Under these circumstances, their
original prices were far more than reasonable.  Even beyond a bargain.  More
like a steal!

Gary  KI4GGX
K3 S/N TBD

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Re: K3: prices going up

M0XDF
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DOH - sorry, I should have read that properly, but the 5-pole filters were
always $99 I think. I bought the KFL3B-FM and it was.


On 31/1/08 11:56, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <[hidden email]> sent:

> 8-pole filters have always been $120 - that's what I paid in June when I added
> them to the original order.
> I didn't take a note of the KPA3 because you get it as part of the K3/100 kit.
> 73 de M0XDF / K3 #174
>
> On 31/1/08 11:47, "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" <[hidden email]> sent:
>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> I just noticed that the price of the KPA3 is now up (I think) $50 to
>> $399.  I think the 5 pole filters are also up ($20????).
>>
>> Can anybody check me on that?  Does anyone know when this happened?
>>
>> I knew it couldn't last forever - fantasies rarely do!  :-

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice,
but in practice there is.


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Re: K3: prices going up

rkayakr
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Doug

  You are right. The 5 pole filters went up from $79 to $99. The KXV3 also went up the same amount.

 I wonder if they will honor the price at the time of order?  I have an KXV3 on order so it means $20 to me.

    Bob
     KD8CGH

<quote author="DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL">
Hi all:

I just noticed that the price of the KPA3 is now up (I think) $50 to
$399.  I think the 5 pole filters are also up ($20????).

Can anybody check me on that?  Does anyone know when this happened?

I knew it couldn't last forever - fantasies rarely do!  :-)

de Doug KR2QW
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Re: K3: prices going up

Benny Aumala
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FM-filter was 99$ and supposed to come from Inrad.
Later, it was found insufficent because of low 2nd IF of 15 kHz,
and was put to backorders. It is not yet clear, when this filter
is available. But Elecraft told that original orders for this
filter with 99$ stays as is in spite of better filter.
All later orders will pay 120$.
The original Elecraft 5 Xtal filters were 79$ and now the
ordering date is interesting. But still it is a good buy.

Benny       oh9nb

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RE: K3: prices going up

Brett Howard
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I did notice the 5-pole filters going up but those are something that
Elecraft isn't even making so those are probably more out of their control
than you think...  The KPA seems to be in line with the delta between the
QRP and QRO versions.  

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Subject: [Elecraft] K3: prices going up

Hi all:

I just noticed that the price of the KPA3 is now up (I think) $50 to
$399.  I think the 5 pole filters are also up ($20????).

Can anybody check me on that?  Does anyone know when this happened?

I knew it couldn't last forever - fantasies rarely do!  :-)

de Doug KR2QW
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Re: K3: prices going up

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ
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Actually, we do make the 5 pole filters in Aptos. INRAD only supplies
the higher performance 8 pole filters.

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
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Brett Howard wrote:
> I did notice the 5-pole filters going up but those are something that
> Elecraft isn't even making so those are probably more out of their control
> than you think...
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