Hmmm, Still like to know just what the ratio of units sold vs units requiring return for repair.
Not likely to see those figures I suppose but it would perhaps throw some light on the reliability of the radios. These figures would need to have the "operator caused" repairs shown as separate figures. I suspect the figures would be quite good (read low) when it comes to actual component failure. When you add upgrades, building of new K3's, preparing for the P3 I would imagine the picture would be a little clearer. Turn around time for my K3 was about 7 weeks, however, between 2 and 3 weeks was postage between the US and Australia and the Kangaroo's seem slow to deliver here when they have K3's strapped to their back...(Grin) Turnaround time by Icom in Australia was about a month the two times the 706MKIIG suffered terminal issues and Yaesu here are not too bad either. Kenwood is somewhere between slow and unresponsive from the stories we hear down under. The biggest difference I hear with Elecraft is that a lot of the problems can be resolved quicker if the problem can be isolated to a board so that a simple swap can be done and thus eliminates return to the factory for repairs. For those that are unable or not confidenrt in their ability to take the radio apart they at least have to opportunity to use the factory repair facility. Just my 2 cents worth....keep the change 73's Gary On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:26 AM, NZ8J <n...@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > Hearing "at least a month before it hits the bench", was discouraging, > stories of 7 weeks in the recent past is even more disappointing. At > least I hope the theories are correct in that it is due to an unusual > amount of upgrades and not an increase in failures. > Tim > NZ8J > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
