Initial reaction was, who cares. Then I thought, well, maybe there is
something to learn here.
I said to myself, "Why the post that he had canceled his order?", the
second post like this, if I recall.
A - just wanted to blow off some steam, and tell people what he
thinks. Great, all for it, been there myself.
B - express his thoughts, and hope to convince others to do the same.
Hmmmm, tough crowd for this one. But who can tell.
C - trying to justify to himself, why he canceled the order. This
falls into the category of, "things that make me go hmmmmm....."
Interesting stuff. I don't agree, but that is the beauty of it.
Especially when every NCJ I pick up, has at least one article in it,
where the subject talks about their station setup, and it starts with,
"A modified <insert Yaesu, Icom, or Kenwood> rig here...." meaning
that these "delivery as soon as you order them" rigs, then had to be
modified, to make them useful contest rigs.
Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982
Brett Gazdzinski wrote:
I cancelled my order as I could not take it anymore,
there are still no full specs on the radio, things that were
supposed to work still dont, or have just started working.
FM does not work, AM sync does not work, I dont now
what the audio passband is (how low does it go?).
The 2nd receiver is delayed, what about the variable filters?
All this stuff was in the advertisements, nothing about it was not done
yet, or would not be done before the first 500 radios slowly shipped.
I think Elecraft is a great company making great radios, but I
think they blew the release of this one.
They should have been up front with saying its a CW radio for now,
and we hope to get the other stuff working in a year or so.
I cant think of any other manufacturer who could get away with selling
so many radios so late, without major modes, options and features
working, and without any communication about it except after the fact.
I will want one, likely in a year or two after its done...
Brett
N2DTS
Issue 1: The K3 and selected accessories are not available as
promised. Yes, "bumps in the road" happen. Understood.
Issue 2: Elecraft has consistently and apparently with forethought
knowingly kept their customers (both perspective and paying) in the
dark about the status of the K3. Additionally, it appears that
t>hey've misrepresented the actual development status of the K3, the
KRX3 and the KDVR3. The details have been discussed many times
before, and it should be obvious to anyone.
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