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Howdy Gang. Has anyone picked up any news from the Mothership as to the K4 production process and timeline? Sure hope they can start deliveries well before Field Day. Keep sending those ditties. 73, Joe W2KJ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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They will deliver before FD. What year is the question.
Wes N7WS On 3/3/2020 1:39 PM, Joseph Trombino Jr wrote: > Howdy Gang. > > Has anyone picked up any news from the Mothership as to the K4 production process and timeline? > > Sure hope they can start deliveries well before Field Day. > > Keep sending those ditties. > > 73, Joe W2KJ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I guess it's been a few weeks, so it's time for a new 'Elecraft K4 / any
new news' thread. At least it's predictable. Give or take a few days. ;) 1. It's just a wild hunch (call me crazy), but I think any new news will be posted here on the Elecraft website first: https://elecraft.com/pages/k4-pre-order Scroll down and click on the K4 updates tab. Yes, no updates since the last update... on January 15th 2020. You can pound on your F5 / page reload key a few times to see if your browser has an older cached version of the content. If no update... then you have the latest update. 2. If you think there is a rogue / secret video that has been posted and not announced, I would suggest a YouTube search for the term 'Elecraft K4' sorted by latest video uploads: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=elecraft+k4&sp=CAI%253D Nope, no new videos that I haven't seen. I guess there are no new updates posted on YouTube. 3. Or maybe one could go all NSA and be super sneaky, and look for a super duper secret directory on the ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K4/ (ftp) server... nope nothing new about the K4, other than the original brochure... woe is me! (the brochure is a pdf file there which might bring to life the thread about getting text out of a PDF file.. for the love of Elecraft, let's hope not!) 4. We could speculate on how long this thread will live... 10 responses? 20? 30? 40? I'm all a twitter thinking about how long it will last. ;) All in good fun! :) mg NG7M On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 2:04 PM Wes <[hidden email]> wrote: > They will deliver before FD. What year is the question. > > Wes N7WS > > On 3/3/2020 1:39 PM, Joseph Trombino Jr wrote: > > Howdy Gang. > > > > Has anyone picked up any news from the Mothership as to the K4 > production process and timeline? > > > > Sure hope they can start deliveries well before Field Day. > > > > Keep sending those ditties. > > > > 73, Joe W2KJ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] -- M. George ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Very clever post.
When they announced the last delay, there was a statement that there would be more frequent updates. Perhaps, if nothing else, this thread will provide motivation for another update. Since many of us are "investors" in the K4, it seems reasonable to ask. 73 and hope your twitter remains under control! Rick N1RM -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I am curious to know if the reduction in manufacturing in China, do to the
COVID-19 virus, is having an affect on the ability of Elecraft to obtain parts? The area of China that is the epicenter is a major manufacturer of electronic components. Irwin KD3TB On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:11 PM Rick Miller - N1RM <[hidden email]> wrote: > Very clever post. > > When they announced the last delay, there was a statement that there would > be more frequent updates. Perhaps, if nothing else, this thread will > provide motivation for another update. Since many of us are "investors" in > the K4, it seems reasonable to ask. > > 73 and hope your twitter remains under control! > Rick > N1RM > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Irwin KD3TB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Have you seen the incredible images of China before and after
coronavirus, taken by a satellite specifically visualizing the amount of NO2 in the atmosphere <https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/2/21161324/coronavirus-quarantine-china-maps-air-pollution>. There *must* be a tremendous impact on supply chains around the world. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwide. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 3/5/2020 8:12 AM, Irwin Darack wrote: > I am curious to know if the reduction in manufacturing in China, do to the > COVID-19 virus, is having an affect on the ability of Elecraft to obtain > parts? The area of China that is the epicenter is a major manufacturer of > electronic components. > > Irwin KD3TB > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:11 PM Rick Miller - N1RM <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> Very clever post. >> >> When they announced the last delay, there was a statement that there would >> be more frequent updates. Perhaps, if nothing else, this thread will >> provide motivation for another update. Since many of us are "investors" in >> the K4, it seems reasonable to ask. >> >> 73 and hope your twitter remains under control! >> Rick >> N1RM >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] >> Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: Chinese Production Re: K4 news?
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Lets start production in Silicon Valley again...:)
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As I wait for my K4D… I just upgraded from a K4 and added a K-Pod as the
Easter Bunny and I decided it may not be delivered until after Easter (early Apr) anyway. So, I am in a planning stage. BTW, the upgrade was easy. I sent an electronic message to Sales and Madelyn Gomez emailed me back and a message and a link to pay. Simple Things seem to run slow since I retired. It take me time to figure out where I "stashed" parts I know I have to do even a small project... My old desk mike needs connector wires re-located on the pins to fit the K4. I have upgraded my headset and even purchased an adapter to work with my KX3 (I was going to make one). I may just order a Heil/Kenwood mike cable, too. Maybe by the time it gets here, I'll be ready... The KX3 + amp works... 73, steve WB3LGC On 3/3/20 6:43 PM, M. George wrote: > I guess it's been a few weeks, so it's time for a new 'Elecraft K4 / any new news' thread. At least it's predictable. Give or take a few days. ;) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Yes, this will have a direct result in all production.
From Elecraft's perspective, it could be a simple knob that would result in a radio not being shipped. It only takes 1 part since you can't ship a radio unless it is 100.000% complete. Mike va3mw On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:33 AM N4ZR <[hidden email]> wrote: > Have you seen the incredible images of China before and after > coronavirus, taken by a satellite specifically visualizing the amount of > NO2 in the atmosphere > < > https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/2/21161324/coronavirus-quarantine-china-maps-air-pollution>. > > There *must* be a tremendous impact on supply chains around the world. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network > at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now > spotting RTTY activity worldwide. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > On 3/5/2020 8:12 AM, Irwin Darack wrote: > > I am curious to know if the reduction in manufacturing in China, do to > the > > COVID-19 virus, is having an affect on the ability of Elecraft to obtain > > parts? The area of China that is the epicenter is a major manufacturer of > > electronic components. > > > > Irwin KD3TB > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:11 PM Rick Miller - N1RM <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > >> Very clever post. > >> > >> When they announced the last delay, there was a statement that there > would > >> be more frequent updates. Perhaps, if nothing else, this thread will > >> provide motivation for another update. Since many of us are > "investors" in > >> the K4, it seems reasonable to ask. > >> > >> 73 and hope your twitter remains under control! > >> Rick > >> N1RM > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Irwin,
We are also concerned about the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the shipping and supply chains we use for parts used in all of our products, including the K4. While managing the supply chain and quickly finding alternate parts when they go obsolete or when shortages pop up has been a normal part of our production planning process for years, it has certainly become more challenging as this situation quickly evolves. We've been tracking and compensating for this on the K4 for some time. While we manufacture our radios, amps etc. here in California, the electronic components used by us and almost all other U.S. manufacturers come from both the U.S. and from suppliers all around the world. (Many are not even manufactured in the U.S.) We've been careful to source many of the major K4 items, like the flat screen display used in the K4, from other countries than China. The biggest area of concern recently has been with the passive components (resistors, caps etc) used on all of our designs. Even when purchased from U.S. suppliers, many of these parts may come from China and other offshore sources. We also have built up inventory on many critical K4 parts here (including Knobs etc.) but of course, as noted by others, it only takes a single critical part delay in the future to hold things up. We plan with alternate suppliers when possible, but even then we have to periodically scramble to source new parts for production. Fun, eh? In any case, so far we have not encountered any major show stoppers, though even prior to the current COVID scare began seeing delivery delays increasing. We'll have a much better picture on how this will impact the K4 as major component deliveries arrive at the factory over the coming weeks. Fortunately, we are busy both getting all aspects of production started and we are also working in engineering every day to add cool new features to the K4. Not much time to sleep at Elecraft these days. Time for more coffee.. 73, Eric *elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>* On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 5:14 AM Irwin Darack <[hidden email]> wrote: > I am curious to know if the reduction in manufacturing in China, do to the > COVID-19 virus, is having an affect on the ability of Elecraft to obtain > parts? The area of China that is the epicenter is a major manufacturer of > electronic components. > > Irwin KD3TB > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:11 PM Rick Miller - N1RM <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > Very clever post. > > > > When they announced the last delay, there was a statement that there > would > > be more frequent updates. Perhaps, if nothing else, this thread will > > provide motivation for another update. Since many of us are "investors" > in > > the K4, it seems reasonable to ask. > > > > 73 and hope your twitter remains under control! > > Rick > > N1RM > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [hidden email] > > > -- > Irwin KD3TB > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Eric,
You weren't replying to me, but as someone who has already spotted for the K4D a good while ago; my thoughts are to take your time. If parts aren't available, they will be. If the parts are not available because of a pandemic, they will be as soon as is realistic. It just takes patience when dealing with things nobody has an answer to or a timetable impossible to offer because of that. I'm looking forward to the K4D when you're able, good, & ready to release it. I suspect we all feel that way. 73, Gary KA1J > Hi Irwin, > > We are also concerned about the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the > shipping and supply chains we use for parts used in all of our > products, including the K4. While managing the supply chain and > quickly finding alternate parts when they go obsolete or when > shortages pop up has been a normal part of our production planning > process for years, it has certainly become more challenging as this > situation quickly evolves. > > We've been tracking and compensating for this on the K4 for some time. > While we manufacture our radios, amps etc. here in California, the > electronic components used by us and almost all other U.S. > manufacturers come from both the U.S. and from suppliers all around > the world. (Many are not even manufactured in the U.S.) We've been > careful to source many of the major K4 items, like the flat screen > display used in the K4, from other countries than China. The biggest > area of concern recently has been with the passive components > (resistors, caps etc) used on all of our designs. Even when purchased > from U.S. suppliers, many of these parts may come from China and other > offshore sources. > > We also have built up inventory on many critical K4 parts here > (including Knobs etc.) but of course, as noted by others, it only > takes a single critical part delay in the future to hold things up. > We plan with alternate suppliers when possible, but even then we have > to periodically scramble to source new parts for production. Fun, eh? > > In any case, so far we have not encountered any major show stoppers, > though even prior to the current COVID scare began seeing delivery > delays increasing. We'll have a much better picture on how this will > impact the K4 as major component deliveries arrive at the factory over > the coming weeks. Fortunately, we are busy both getting all aspects of > production started and we are also working in engineering every day to > add cool new features to the K4. Not much time to sleep at Elecraft > these days. > > Time for more coffee.. > > 73, > Eric > *elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>* > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 5:14 AM Irwin Darack <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > I am curious to know if the reduction in manufacturing in China, do > > to the COVID-19 virus, is having an affect on the ability of > > Elecraft to obtain parts? The area of China that is the epicenter is > > a major manufacturer of electronic components. > > > > Irwin KD3TB > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:11 PM Rick Miller - N1RM <[hidden email]> > > wrote: > > > > > Very clever post. > > > > > > When they announced the last delay, there was a statement that > > > there > > would > > > be more frequent updates. Perhaps, if nothing else, this thread > > > will provide motivation for another update. Since many of us are > > > "investors" > > in > > > the K4, it seems reasonable to ask. > > > > > > 73 and hope your twitter remains under control! > > > Rick > > > N1RM > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > Elecraft mailing list Home: > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: > > > mailto:[hidden email] > > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > > Please help support this email list: > > > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > > > [hidden email] > > > > > -- > > Irwin KD3TB > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [hidden email] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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