This was a while back - early 2019 with the K3S order. I’m still waiting for the K4.
73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Mar 29, 2022, at 09:05, Bob Schwerdlin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow! At least you got a hat with your radio. > > I put down my $1500 deposit on a K4 at the 2019 Hamvention and waited almost > 2 and a half years to finally receive the radio. My very first Elecraft > purchase ever. When Madelyn emailed me to say the radio is ready to ship, I > asked for at least a K4 lapel pin button, like the ones given away at that > hamfest, or possibly a baseball cap to be thrown in with the shipment. The > radio was shipped with nothing but exactly what I ordered. I guess I should > be pleased with that, after the EXTREMELY LONG WAIT. Unfortunately, I was > never made aware of any K4 lapel pins while at that hamfest, and it was never > mentioned and I never saw anyone handing them out. I was kinda disappointed. > I realize it was not all Elecraft's fault. So many issues came up during > that wait period, but I also feel like the radio was announced and sold > before it was truly ready for production. All that money and EXTENDED wait, > and not even a "Sorry about the long wait... here's a little token of our > appreciation" That would have been appreciated. > > Flame off. > > Bob, WG9L > K4 #304 > > >> On 3/27/2022 8:21 PM, Bill Weaver wrote: >> My Elecraft hat cost $5700 but the free radio that came with it was a nice >> touch! 🤣 >> >> 73, >> Bill WE5P >> >> Comfortably Numb >> >>>> On Mar 27, 2022, at 21:07, Rich WC3T <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> My wife in cleaning a junk bin this weekend found a “...filthy, dirty hat. >>> Can I throw it out?” She brandished my Elecraft hat. >>> >>> I screamed. “I’ve been looking for that hat for months!!! You may NOT >>> throw it out and if you do I’ll buy two more to replace it!” She gave me >>> a long suffering glance and relinquished it. It’s now safely in my part of >>> the closet. I thought I was going insane because I couldn’t find it. >>> >>> 72, >>> Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 >>> Grid: FN20is >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Message delivered to [email protected] >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
