>> a less than happy Bob G4DBW Bob,
Thanks for sharing your grief. ;-) Now the entire list can enjoy your vent, and digest readers can enjoy it over and over in the future. To those who have purchased Elecraft in the past, you know this is a rare occasion, but it will happen. And even the smallest omissions are amplified by overseas shipments. My K3 was -perfect- and there were QA tags from three different people, each of which had stocked the K3 shipping box with 20 or more items. To those who might read the digest of this list at some time in the future, paraphrasing Samuel Clemens with respect to standards at Elecraft "the reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated". Building a whine cellar in Aptos... [Elecraft] K3 # 238 build experience -standards have dropped IMO bobatbay at beeb.net bobatbay at beeb.net Thu Jan 31 12:11:54 EST 2008 Previous message: [Elecraft] For Sale K2-100 and KAT100 Next message: [Elecraft] K3 # 238 build experience -standards have dropped IMO After waiting 9 months for the radio .. vital parts were missing form the shipment. (antenna connector and its special pigtail lead, plus a whole pack of US style '4-40' screws unobtainable in the UK. So despite passing all the preliminary checks #238 remains off air for the foreseeable future. I await the missing parts from Elecraft, who were immediately notified of the shortages upon receipt of the package via email some 10 days ago. Having built the K2 from a kit of many hundreds of individual components, of which not one was missing from the kit, I have to say that the whole K3 buying experience is not one I have enjoyed. Elecraft standards have dropped IMO. I just wonder how many others have been missing vital parts from their consignments?. a less than happy Bob G4DBW _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
