Hi, Eric. Thanks for the update. I'm thankful that Elecraft is making these kits available so long after the last production run of the K3 and the kits. My K3 s/n 6011 is working fine with the original KIO3 and am looking forward to the new capabilities of the "B".
On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 7:17 PM Eric Swartz <e...@elecraft.com> wrote: > I apologize for the delay getting this info out to everyone. (See my final > comments below after the status section for more info on what has caused > much of the delay.) > > First - The current K3 & K3S option status. The following boards are now in > process, and should ship close to these dates ranges if there are no new > parts issues or surprise manufacturing delays. > > P3TXMON 6-8 weeks > K3EXREF 8 weeks > KAT3A: 8 weeks > KDVR3 8 weeks > KPA3A 6-8 weeks > KIO3B 8-9 weeks > KSYN3A 8 weeks > KBPF3A 8 weeks > KXV3B 6-8 weeks > > K144XV and K144RFLK 7-10 days > We've completed building an additional batch of K144XV 2M options and > we're finishing up the matching K144RFLK lock boards, which lock the > K144XV's frequency to the K3's reference oscillator. > We'll be contacting the remaining customers for these two items in order to > confirm shipping information (and collect the other half of the funds due > for shipping and those who made a half deposit.) > > --- > > Remaining 3 Last time Buy items: > > P3: Still seeing long parts delays from Analog devices and Microchip. > > P3SVGA: Still seeing long parts delays from Intel (FPGA) and Microchip > (uC). > > K3/0 Mini: Microchip (uC) delays plus qualifying second sources on several > other parts. We are also evaluating our demo stock of K3/0 Minis to see if > that can help with regular orders or our wait-list orders. > > We will update everyone on these last three items as we get new > information. > > ---- > General comments: > We've been navigating a wide range of parts and manufacturing issues these > past months. The K3 Options suffered in focus as we first had to keep our > primary product lines rolling out the door to you. (K4s, KX-Line, Amps > (100, 500 and 1500W) etc.) We've been successful sourcing parts for these > primary products and keeping them shipping :-) , but its taken way more > focus and effort that anyone expected.. > > We've also had to contend with one of our key circuit board assembly > subcontractors becoming unavailable after being sold to another company. > (All of our boards are built in the U.S.) That resulted in our other > assembly subcontractors becoming overloaded. Fortunately we have now > qualified and brought on-line several new U.S. circuit board assembly > companies with excellent results. In addition to smoothing our regular > production, this has made it possible to get our focus back on the K3 > Options. > > We will be posting updates for these products as they each get closer to > shipping. > > Thank you again for your patience. > > 73, > > > Eric WA6HHQ > *elecraft.com <http://elecraft.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 clark.macau...@gmail.com > -- 73, Clark, WU4B Little Pistol With Wires + HexBeam Elecraft K2 & K3 QRPARCI #10815 SKCC #3892 NAQCC #5055 CWOPS #1869 Collins Collectors #AC90-12432 Southeastern DX Club <http://www.sedxc.org> North Georgia QRP Club <http://www.nogaqrp.org> *"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less."* *Attributed to *William of Occam (1288 AD - 1348 AD) ______________________________________________________________ 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
