Pete, On May 1st Eric posted the update shown below. The KIO3B upgrade kit is in his 'group 2' item b;
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Eric Swartz <e...@elecraft.com> Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2022 11:46 PM To: EleCraft mail list <elecr...@qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] K3/K3S Options Last time buy update Hi Everyone, I apologize for not posting this update last week. It was quite busy at Elecraft HQ, plus I had two unexpected visits to the dentist. (Lots of fun :-) As you know by now, the logistics and parts production shortage problems caused by the COVID pandemic have caused huge production problems for us and the rest of the electronics industry, car manufacturers etc. The delay getting the K3/K3S Options status out has primarily been due to the fact that our Elecraft production, purchasing and engineering teams, in addition to their normal day to day tasks, they have also been heavily focused on working together to find production quantities of parts (and alternate parts) for our primary product lines (K4, K4D, KX2, KX3, KPA500, KPA1500, KXPA100 etc.) This is a herculean task, with new shortages popping up every week. Even 'confirmed' scheduled parts ordered 12 months in advance from major distributors can suddenly not show up on time. So far we have been successful dodging these issues, finding alternate suppliers, locating alternate parts, buying larger quantities of hard-to-get parts for inventory etc. This has kept our primary products moving out the door in steadily increasing quantities each month, (Feb. and March were record months) but it also has slowed us from working on finding and purchasing all the parts for the last run of K3/K3S options. That said, we are now focusing more directly on this and have been successful getting many of the critical K3/K3S option parts in house. Below is our current Status. I've initially broken the options into 5 groups with estimated shipping dates, depending on which options we are currently focused on, parts we already have in stock, expected parts delivery times, certainty of acquiring parts, manufacturing time and how close we are to having all parts for each option in house. Dates will get firmer in general as we move forward. We will contact customers with currently booked orders (and wait list customers in some cases) as each option gets close to shipping. (Please try to resist calling sales for new updates as they are heavily loaded and will not have new K3/K3sOption information until the next update comes out.) Group 1: a.) K144XV will be ready to ship within the next week. (We will start contacting customers this week). b.) K144RFLK: 6-8 weeks if everything goes ok. This board can be installed after the K144XV is installed. (We're working to get this one faster, if possible.) Group 2: (These two options received the highest quantity of orders) a.) KSYN3A: 7-12 weeks if there are no last minute surprises. We have been successful locating and purchasing the primary problem parts, including the SI570, Pic processor etc. b.)KIO3BUPKIT: 8-12 weeks Group 3: KXV3B, KBPF3A, P3TX Monitor, KAT3A:, KPA3A, 10-14 weeks Group 4: K3/0-Mini, K3EXREF, KDVR3. 14-16 weeks est. This may change +/- depending on parts deliveries and availability. Group 5: P3, P3SVGA: After Group 4. Working on locating several hard to get parts. Will update with estimated ship dates in following status updates as this becomes better defined. I will work to post updates every 2-3 weeks as we move forward. As parts come in we hope some items in groups 2-4 will move to shorter times. 73, Eric WA6HHQ ________________________________ From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 1:58 PM To: Elecraft List <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] Any progress on K3 modules? Has there been any progress on the planned final production run of the KIO3 Upgrade Kit? I ordered one just before everything stopped in 2020, and put my name on the "last chance" list in 2021, but have heard nothing since. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at <https://reversebeacon.net>. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to n6...@outlook.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
