Joe, The shipping estimates for orders placed *today* is 90 to 120 days, so if you ordered earlier than yesterday, your KX3 should arrive between Aug 09, 2012 and Sept 09, 2012. I suspect your order date is before yesterday, so your shipment should be prior to that time range. It will not be cold here in North Carolina on those dates!
/I know there is a lot of frustration about shipping dates, but if one looks at the serial numbers shipped and the order dates (hours), it is apparent that there were a *lot* of orders placed in the first 24 hours. I recall Madelyn commenting that there was "paper, paper everywhere", so the office staff was struggling to keep up with the orders. I have no inside information about the actual number of orders in the first 24 hours, but there have been over 300 KX3s shipped and they have not yet fulfilled the first 48 hours of KX3 orders - that says something about the number of initial orders that were placed. When the "initial order assault" tapers off to the end of the first week (or beginning of the 2nd week) of ordering, I think you will see some return to normalcy, but the first few days of KX3 ordering was "wild", so wait a bit more for things to settle down and soon (OK in 120 days or more), they will be shipping KX3s "off the shelf" / 73, Don W3FPR On 6/9/2012 10:38 PM, Joseph Trombino, Jr wrote: > Many thanks for the info Don...makes my mind rest easy (grin)...I do like the > free spinning tuning on my K2 and K3. > > I should know from past experience that Elecraft wouldn't field a rig that > wasn't just superb. > > I don't have a KX3 yet...ordered a kit on 18 Feb and still waiting (sigh). > > And so the wait goes on...can't believe they are still shipping based on > orders received circa 28 Dec.....hope the backlog diminishes rapidly...I'd > like to be able to take my KX3 to the park before the weather turns cold > (grin). > > 73, Joe W2KJ > I QRP, therefore I am > >> Joe, >> >> There is no "grinding" involved, just use the allen wrench supplied to >> loosen the VFO knob setscrews and adjust for more or less drag between the >> knob and the felt washer. The optical encoder is quite "free-spinning", and >> if there is not enough friction, unexpected frequency changes can occur >> while with too much friction, tuning becomes cumbersome. The balance point >> in the middle is an individual decision, but I believe a totally >> free-wheeling encoder shaft will give you problem with unexpected frequency >> changes. >> >> In other words, put a bit of drag on it, but just how much is an individual >> decision - now that you know the pros and cons, accept the consequences of >> your decision point. >> >> This is *not* a problem to be fixed, it is an individual decision about how >> much drag should be on the VFO knob - as I have said, that is an individual >> decision. Use your best judgement. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 6/9/2012 8:56 PM, Joseph Trombino, Jr wrote: >>> My take on this is that there will be probably more home/portable users of >>> the KX3 than those using it mobile in a car...in any event why not make the >>> degree of friction adjustable by the user? >>> >>> I hate to have to grind away trying to turn a main tuning knob when >>> operating...my K2 knob is adjustable along with the K3...is this friction a >>> function of the optical encoder used??? >>> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
