I'm always bemused when a completely unexpected series of profoundly affecting variables, none of which are from internal causes, make themselves a factor in development and construction, appear and globally interfere with design, production, and supply. This fluid state appears while a specific completion date and time was never assured of, & in subsequent conversations with advance purchasers.
As there was never a promised date, there is a Pandemic where over 100,000 people in the USA alone have already died, Manufacturing globally has taken a real hit, transportation has taken a major blow. I had a USPS 2 day package shipped from Michigan on Sat 11 and it is nor the 16th & tracking shows it just left Michigan on route to CT. It may be here on Saturday. That'll be a 6 day delivery with a 2 day promise. That same kind of delay is happening to the construction of the K4 and any new components are also affected in this way. There is no other choice and I want it And I want It Now pressure doesn't do anything but waste everyone's time. It has zero rate on accelerating production and if anything, detracts from the focus from the principals. All this takes me back to the bemusement I get when reading such comments. Do they really believe in this arena it will move anything along faster, and if the company indeed did rush to complete while not having sufficient components in, on time, that it would behove the production run in any way whatsoever? Good friends, chill, this is an unprecedented time and Elecraft is moving along in the best way to give the best product they can do. We'll have our little beauties when they're vetted and competent. Till then, chill, practice some CW Check the antenna connections stop thinking of it should have been here by now, because it was never promised to be here by now. Things are moving forward nicely. And yes, I dropped the full deposit for a K4D and am aware I'll have to wait for the HD module to be created. I'm, metal detecting, digitizing my stereo collection and enjoying the Yamaha on nice days. Elecraft is doing their job, and I'm doing mine. 73, Gary KA1J > Given lead times, if the Dec/Jan ship date was not BS, then parts > would already have already been in transit before primary covid > impacts were in place. OK, that was missed. > > I understand these are not normal times. And I live in Santa Clara > County, understand current density and watch county #s (and Health > Orders being ignored by the public). > > That they aren't shipping on time now seems most immediately > attributable to covid, agreed. That this is the case is seems a result > of either failure to deliver or failure to honestly communicate last > year. > > We're now reaching the window of the most recent round of delivery > promises, yet I don't know anyone, including those who fronted cash a > year ago on a Nov date, who has even gotten final pricing yet. > > Hence my frustration. I not only am impatient about getting the Shiny > (surprise), I feel deceived about how it has been handled by someone > sitting on thousands of dollars of my cash. > > Scott > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 10:47 AM Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> > wrote: > > > Say again? The virus began in Asia [Wuhan China to be exact] at the > > very end of 2019. Many of the parts that Elecraft and every other > > manufacturer uses are sourced out of Asia. Everyones' supply chains > > are disrupted now but slowly improving. > > > > Elecraft is based in California. The population density in > > California is high ... high enough that if everyone stood 1 meter > > from everyone else, some would be standing in Nevada and some in the > > Pacific Ocean. [:=) From the news that leaks over the Sierra Nevada > > to Sparks, Elecraft is really working to both resume normal > > production AND protect their employees and families so they can > > continue normal production. > > > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > > Sparks NV DM09dn > > Washoe County > > > > On 7/16/2020 10:20 AM, Tox wrote: > > > The parts availability issue was supposed to have been resolved > > pre-covid. > > > Wondering what the facts are. > > > (not griefing you, just frustrated by Nov,Dec/Jan,Mar/Apr,Jul/Aug > > > string-along) > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to scott.sm...@gmail.com > > > > -- > Scott Small > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to g...@ka1j.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
