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Exactly!
My definition of a debacle is something like the Yaesu FT-1000 series of
key click generators that were allowed on the air. Yaesu was dragged
kicking and screaming over the course of five years into the realization
that there was a problem. AFAIK, Yaesu NEVER publicly admitted the
design flaw and pretty much left their customers who cared about the
quality of their transmitted signal holding the bag.
They're still putting out trash. Take a look at the ARRL lab report on
Yaesu's new entry level rig, the FT-450. I've never seen one that bad.
My TS-520 does better and it's 30 years old.
The difference is the design engineer/co-owner for the K3 has the
cajones to post the problems which have been encountered, and the fixes
and time frame necessary to put out a top flight product. The Yaesu
engineers/owners hid under their desk and the marketing department.
Also, Vertex Standard is huge and has many times the technical and
manufacturing resources compared to Elecraft. I'd be surprised if
Elecraft have more than 25 people on the payroll.
Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:
| Myself I don't consider this a debacle at all - what we are seeing is a
| small high-tech company bringing out a product that is already
| surpassing the competition in terms of performance and putting the
| release of a flagship radio from one of the major Japanese manufacturers
| to shame.
|
| There is more communication with the engineers at Elecraft in a single
| week than with the combined engineers at Kenwood / Icom / Yaesu in a
| whole year.
|
| I do not call delaying a module a debacle when the engineers decide it
| doesn't meet the current design targets.
|
| The delay in the sub-RX is making me reconsider whether to buy the
| sub-RX and instead just buy a second basic K3 to use for RX.
|
| Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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R. Kevin Stover, ACØH
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