Gary, Our assembly house got overloaded, delaying our modules. But I understand that some of them may have just been delivered (finally!). We would need to then do full testing.
Eric may want to elaborate. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Feb 15, 2023, at 1:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Eric, > > It has been almost 11 weeks since your last K3 & K3S Options Update (shown > below). I have several option kits on order but I haven't heard anything > about them in the past 11 weeks so would you please update us? > > Thank you, > > Gary R. > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on > behalf of Eric Swartz <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 4:16 PM > To: Elecraft list <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 & K3S Options Last Time Buy Update (12/02/2022) > > 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:[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]
