It means you will get it when you next in line. :) Mike W0MU
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/23/2012 6:53 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > *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<[email protected]>wrote: > >> Turns out there is a way to decode the confirmation number. W7CF >> figured it out. See below. >> >> 73, >> >> Eric >> --- >> www.elecraft.com >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: RE: [KX3] Re: Shipping status page updated >> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 21:48:39 +0000 >> From: [email protected]<[email protected]> >> >> 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 >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
