http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX3-Order-Number-Decoding-tp7556470p7556476.html
It means you will get it when you next in line. :)
> *Good grief.....I liked the previous post where they were sequential and
> had no meaning...now the headache begins trying to figure out what it all
> means...:-)
>
> Too hard, time for a nap!
>
> Start the day off slow...then taper off.....
>
> sigh
>
> Gary
> *
> On 24 May 2012 10:23, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft<
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>
>> Turns out there is a way to decode the confirmation number. W7CF
>> figured it out. See below.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Eric
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>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: RE: [KX3] Re: Shipping status page updated
>> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 21:48:39 +0000
>> From:
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>>
>> For those who haven't noticed, the confirmation number does indeed
>> encode the date& time when the confirmation was issued. I plugged some
>> confirmation numbers into a excel worksheet and started to play with it.
>> Yeah, out of "desperation" while I wait for my KX3, I started to pattern
>> match... :-)
>>
>> The first 8 numbers encode the days& minutes of the confirmation, and
>> in good Unix tradition the "zero order time" is 1/1/1970
>>
>> To convert, use the following formula (interesting how identical Excel
>> and googleDocs formulas are...):
>> =( VALUE(LEFT(B1,4))*10000 + VALUE(MID(B1,6,4)) ) / (60*24) + 25569
>>
>> For the curious, 25569 is the number of days between 1/1/1970 and
>> 1/1/1900, the latter is the zero date for Excel.
>> Place confirmation numbers into a spreadsheet, e.g. into column B and
>> add the following formula to the next column C. Now format the column C
>> "Date time" and you'd get the readout below.
>>
>> A B C
>> factory: 2208-4637-9147 12/28/2011 13:17:00
>> kits: 2208-4064-4730 12/28/2011 3:44:00
>>
>> Confirmation numbers are from today's (5/22) status page update, column
>> C shows the actual order times calculated with above formula.
>>
>> 73, Dave W7CF
>>
>>
>> On 5/23/2012 4:54 PM, Dave Agsten wrote:
>>> I have not figured out the decoding process for the KX3 as they are
>> being posted on the Elecraft website. I ordered the KX3 on 12/28/11 at
>> 11:44AM EDT. I received the confirmation order number 2208-4844-0913. I
>> can't decode how that correlates to the numbers being posted on the website
>> other than a smaller number is earlier.
>>>
>>> KX3-F 2208-4685-4272
>>>
>>> KX3-K 2208-4068-6852
>>>
>>> I revised my order to go with the factory version on Jan. 18th, long
>> before any KX3s were shipped. I'm wondering how that factors in? The order
>> number remained the same but it was now for a KX3-F.
>>> Any cryptologists out there? :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Dave N8AG
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