Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Gary Smith]

I hear you, we have a finite life. 

Aside from that eternal reality, I can't 
imagine wishing for something that by 
logistics isn't ready for release. All I 
can picture if they did release it early, 
before it was realistically able to be 
released, is all the whining and 
complaints I would be reading on it being 
released too early.

OTOH, I like that they are doing what is 
possible to make the K4 intact as much as 
possible before its release.

I paid in full for the K4D and am more 
than happy to wait for the perfected 
version. Some are more "I want it and I 
want it now", that too is a valid concept.

73,

Gary
KA1J


> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
> Very disappointing.
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Bill Johnson]

The parts delay is really a good thing. The test units will provide lots of 
opportunity for more bugs to be worked out.  I know, I have purchased lots of 
"stuff" with bugs as the process has been let's get it launched and straighten 
out the errors as we go.  The delay, caused by parts,  is a huge benefit.  I 
expect the eventual roll out will be closer to done.  What other company has 
been so up front?  Go Elecraft.

72 & 73,
Bill
K9YEQ
FT’er for K2, KX1, KX3, KXPA100,  KAT500, W2, etc. 

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Dear OMs and YLs, Better the extra time to do things right.73 Doug EI2CNSent 
from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
 Original message From: Buddy Brannan  
Date: 16/01/2020  07:29  (GMT+00:00) To: mark roz  Cc: 
Elecraft  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now 
in May Disappointing? It’s not unusual. Same happened with the 
KX3—production/shipping delays—and, I gather, same happened with the K3 as 
well. I don’t recall if the same delays happened with the KX1 or not. But it’s 
one of those nature of the beast things. I ordered my KX3 just a day or so 
after the announcement of the preorder window came up, and the scheduled 
beginning of production slipped. I think it slipped a couple times. Finally got 
it about a week before Field Day, and it was a sub-500 serial number. Was it 
worth the extra wait? Absolutely, without question it was. It was everything 
I’d hoped for it to be and then some. Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PAEmail: 
buddy@brannan.nameMobile: (814) 431-0962> On Jan 15, 2020, at 8:01 PM, mark roz 
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Bill Johnson]

TO be expected. If I die before delivery, no problem, I won't care.  :-)

73,
Bill
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Elecraft mailing list wrote
> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
> Very disappointing.

Hard to be disappointed when a delay beyond what was only a potential launch 
date was inevitable. it’s a very complex transceiver, and manufacturing what 
begins as a prototype is always difficult at best. 

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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Bill Johnson]

I am 74!

72 & 73,
Bill
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I, too, am disappointed. No one will die? Well, I’m 78, sir. I hope I have a 
few more years . . . . 

> On Jan 15, 2020, at 8:09 PM, Michael Walker  wrote:
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Lyn Norstad]

And, just imagine the propagation!


73
Lyn, WØLEN



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EVERY antenna is an IDEAL antenna and you don't need towers to hold them 
up.  You simply will it to sit where you want it to stay. 

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On 01/16/20 09:20, WILLIE BABER wrote:
>   K7? Does that imply that Elecraft company makes it to heaven too, with some 
> of us? Ok! But are there any 100 foot towers in heaven?
>
> 73, Will, wj9b, dit dit
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>   On Thursday, January 16, 2020, 5:28:53 AM PST, Dr. William J. Schmidt 
>  wrote:
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>   Whew!  Otherwise we are really screwed on using the K5, K6, and K7...
>
>
> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ
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>> On Jan 15, 2020, at 9:42 PM, Keith N6JPA  wrote:
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>> Don't worry. I have it on good authority that heaven has a Ham Shack with 
>> all of the models. Think positive :-)
>>
>>
>>> On 1/15/2020 5:09 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
>>> All in good time
>>>
>>> The world won’t end and no one will die if it comes out later.
>>>
>>> Mike va3mw
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>>>>> On Jan 15, 2020, at 8:02 PM, mark roz via Elecraft 
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Clay Autery]

EVERY antenna is an IDEAL antenna and you don't need towers to hold them 
up.  You simply will it to sit where you want it to stay. 


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On 01/16/20 09:20, WILLIE BABER wrote:

  K7? Does that imply that Elecraft company makes it to heaven too, with some 
of us? Ok! But are there any 100 foot towers in heaven?

73, Will, wj9b, dit dit


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  On Thursday, January 16, 2020, 5:28:53 AM PST, Dr. William J. Schmidt 
 wrote:
  
  Whew!  Otherwise we are really screwed on using the K5, K6, and K7...



Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ


On Jan 15, 2020, at 9:42 PM, Keith N6JPA  wrote:

Don't worry. I have it on good authority that heaven has a Ham Shack with all 
of the models. Think positive :-)



On 1/15/2020 5:09 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
All in good time

The world won’t end and no one will die if it comes out later.

Mike va3mw


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Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
Very disappointing.
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[WILLIE BABER]

 I recall the K2 in particular. I received modifications from Elecraft before I 
finished building it. Because I was working so hard at the University, I put K2 
is a box, partially assembled. However, I kept track of every Elecraft 
modification and put them in the box too. Then I purchased an assembled K3. It 
also went through a few changes (remember the replacement of those pins?) and 
well before the improved synthesizer. Still, I did not use exclusive so2r K3 
until 2015 (but I should have done so sooner---I was still using Orion).

I didn't finish building K2 until 2016, four years after I retired! Elecraft 
still had a few parts that I needed. K2 works perfectly, but nothing else I 
have used slices up signals in a contest like K3 with the six-pole 200 hz 
crystal filter. 

So while the delay is unfortunate, I wouldn't worry about Elecraft's final 
product if history is any kind of measure that involves the future. Of course 
time is a real issue, as many of us are running short of it!

I am in my 70th year, and I was one of the younger ones in the hobby, hi.

73, Will, wj9b, dit dit

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http://cwops.org/ On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 11:28:46 PM PST, Buddy 
Brannan  wrote:  
 
 Disappointing? It’s not unusual. Same happened with the 
KX3—production/shipping delays—and, I gather, same happened with the K3 as 
well. I don’t recall if the same delays happened with the KX1 or not. But it’s 
one of those nature of the beast things. I ordered my KX3 just a day or so 
after the announcement of the preorder window came up, and the scheduled 
beginning of production slipped. I think it slipped a couple times. Finally got 
it about a week before Field Day, and it was a sub-500 serial number. Was it 
worth the extra wait? Absolutely, without question it was. It was everything 
I’d hoped for it to be and then some. 


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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[WILLIE BABER]

 K7? Does that imply that Elecraft company makes it to heaven too, with some of 
us? Ok! But are there any 100 foot towers in heaven?

73, Will, wj9b, dit dit


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 On Thursday, January 16, 2020, 5:28:53 AM PST, Dr. William J. Schmidt 
 wrote:  
 
 Whew!  Otherwise we are really screwed on using the K5, K6, and K7...


Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ

> On Jan 15, 2020, at 9:42 PM, Keith N6JPA  wrote:
> 
> Don't worry. I have it on good authority that heaven has a Ham Shack with 
> all of the models. Think positive :-)
> 
> 
>> On 1/15/2020 5:09 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
>> All in good time
>> 
>> The world won’t end and no one will die if it comes out later.
>> 
>> Mike va3mw
>> 
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>>> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
>>> Very disappointing.
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[hawley, charles j jr]

All this talk about the K4 is worth millions (well...maybe thousands) in 
advertising. It's really getting me ramped up for the K4 and I didn't even 
preorder one...
Keep it up!

Chuck Hawley
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Elecraft mailing list wrote
> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
> Very disappointing.

Hard to be disappointed when a delay beyond what was only a potential launch
date was inevitable. it’s a very complex transceiver, and manufacturing what
begins as a prototype is always difficult at best.

Lou, W0FK



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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Dr. William J. Schmidt]

Whew!  Otherwise we are really screwed on using the K5, K6, and K7...


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> On Jan 15, 2020, at 9:42 PM, Keith N6JPA  wrote:
> 
> Don't worry. I have it on good authority that heaven has a Ham Shack with 
> all of the models. Think positive :-)
> 
> 
>> On 1/15/2020 5:09 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
>> All in good time
>> 
>> The world won’t end and no one will die if it comes out later.
>> 
>> Mike va3mw
>> 
 On Jan 15, 2020, at 8:02 PM, mark roz via Elecraft 
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>>> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
>>> Very disappointing.
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[turnbull]

Dear OMs and YLs, Better the extra time to do things right.73 Doug EI2CNSent 
from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
 Original message From: Buddy Brannan  
Date: 16/01/2020  07:29  (GMT+00:00) To: mark roz  Cc: 
Elecraft  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now 
in May Disappointing? It’s not unusual. Same happened with the 
KX3—production/shipping delays—and, I gather, same happened with the K3 as 
well. I don’t recall if the same delays happened with the KX1 or not. But it’s 
one of those nature of the beast things. I ordered my KX3 just a day or so 
after the announcement of the preorder window came up, and the scheduled 
beginning of production slipped. I think it slipped a couple times. Finally got 
it about a week before Field Day, and it was a sub-500 serial number. Was it 
worth the extra wait? Absolutely, without question it was. It was everything 
I’d hoped for it to be and then some. Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PAEmail: 
buddy@brannan.nameMobile: (814) 431-0962> On Jan 15, 2020, at 8:01 PM, mark roz 
via Elecraft  wrote:> > Wow. K4- perhaps first 
delivery in May now.> Very disappointing.> 
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Buddy Brannan]

Disappointing? It’s not unusual. Same happened with the KX3—production/shipping 
delays—and, I gather, same happened with the K3 as well. I don’t recall if the 
same delays happened with the KX1 or not. But it’s one of those nature of the 
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preorder window came up, and the scheduled beginning of production slipped. I 
think it slipped a couple times. Finally got it about a week before Field Day, 
and it was a sub-500 serial number. Was it worth the extra wait? Absolutely, 
without question it was. It was everything I’d hoped for it to be and then 
some. 


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> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Mike VE3YF]

Well that was not something I was expecting.

Oh well stuff like that happens everyday. Some things are beyond 
Elecrafts control.


The way I see it, better to have a polished and proper rig, than one 
that just full of bugs and issues. Get it right the first time.



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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Eric Swartz]

Here is a link to the actual email we just sent to all people who have
ordered K4s.
https://mailchi.mp/6408031aa209/k4-shipping-update

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73,
Eric
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 5:27 PM Grant Youngman  wrote:

> Where did this come from?
>
> There was some discussion of the additional time for the kit version to
> ship, but I haven’t seen anything official on May for first K4 ship
>
> Sounds like someone got their neurons and rumors crossed (?)
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
> > On Jan 15, 2020, at 8:22 PM, W0FK  wrote:
> >
> > Elecraft mailing list wrote
> >> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
> >> Very disappointing.
> >
> > Hard to be disappointed when a delay beyond what was only a potential
> launch
> > date was inevitable. it’s a very complex transceiver, and manufacturing
> what
> > begins as a prototype is always difficult at best.
> >
> > Lou, W0FK
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> >
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Ted Roycraft]

Where did this May rumor come from?  Yes, the kit version is supposed to
come out months later but the Elecraft web site still says that the first
shipments of the K4 are targeted for January 2020.

Ted, W2ZK

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 8:43 PM Keith N6JPA  wrote:

> Don't worry. I have it on good authority that heaven has a Ham Shack
> with all of the models. Think positive :-)
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> On 1/15/2020 5:09 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
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> > The world won’t end and no one will die if it comes out later.
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Keith N6JPA]

Don't worry. I have it on good authority that heaven has a Ham Shack 
with all of the models. Think positive :-)



On 1/15/2020 5:09 PM, Michael Walker wrote:

All in good time

The world won’t end and no one will die if it comes out later.

Mike va3mw


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Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
Very disappointing.
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[Grant Youngman]

Where did this come from?

There was some discussion of the additional time for the kit version to ship, 
but I haven’t seen anything official on May for first K4 ship

Sounds like someone got their neurons and rumors crossed (?)

Grant NQ5T

> On Jan 15, 2020, at 8:22 PM, W0FK  wrote:
> 
> Elecraft mailing list wrote
>> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
>> Very disappointing.
> 
> Hard to be disappointed when a delay beyond what was only a potential launch
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> begins as a prototype is always difficult at best. 
> 
> Lou, W0FK 
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

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Elecraft mailing list wrote
> Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
> Very disappointing.

Hard to be disappointed when a delay beyond what was only a potential launch
date was inevitable. it’s a very complex transceiver, and manufacturing what
begins as a prototype is always difficult at best. 

Lou, W0FK 



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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

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I, too, am disappointed. No one will die? Well, I’m 78, sir. I hope I have a 
few more years . . . . 

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Re: [Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

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All in good time

The world won’t end and no one will die if it comes out later. 

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[Elecraft] K4 delivery is now in May

[mark roz via Elecraft]

Wow. K4- perhaps first delivery in May now.
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