Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
Knut - A friend got an IC-7610 and waited about ONE YEAR... they obviously did not have thousands on the shelf when it was announced. Dave - K9FN On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 7:12 PM ab2tc wrote: > Hi, > > Well, isn't this fairly typical behavior by Elecraft on a major new product > introduction? Get used to it. Sure, Icom and the other big two probably > have > thousands of units on the shelf when they make a product announcements, but > they have a different business model. > > AB2TC - Knut > > > Hi Jim, > > Not broken down by prepaid levels but they did say in the Early > Notification email this: > > Deposit Preorders will be shipped from the first production run in the > order > received, followed by non-deposit orders. > > So I wasn't sitting at the computer when the announcement hit but was > about 18 hours into the 24 hour window. So I had to look at the fully > prepaid > order as nothing more than a blatant bribe to move up a few notches on the > shipping list and the free shipping. > >It may not be all inclusive but the order number for SN 45 was two > minutes from N9PY's order and mine was 127 later but probably was not all > KPA1500's or all of the KPA1500s. As they said other orders were received > by > other means too. > >On Feb 6th Eric said they were "shipping KPA1500 for several days > now". > So after almost a month there are about 50 units shipped, most likely > including > engineering units . Not impressive or encouraging. > > I'm not an Elecraft basher I'm Elecraft from 160 meters to 432MHZ. > > 73. > Bob > K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & k2TKR > > K2, KX3, K3. KPA500, KAT500. P3, KRC, 3 XV's and more. > > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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 dpbu...@gmail.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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
Hi, Well, isn't this fairly typical behavior by Elecraft on a major new product introduction? Get used to it. Sure, Icom and the other big two probably have thousands of units on the shelf when they make a product announcements, but they have a different business model. AB2TC - Knut Hi Jim, Not broken down by prepaid levels but they did say in the Early Notification email this: Deposit Preorders will be shipped from the first production run in the order received, followed by non-deposit orders. So I wasn't sitting at the computer when the announcement hit but was about 18 hours into the 24 hour window. So I had to look at the fully prepaid order as nothing more than a blatant bribe to move up a few notches on the shipping list and the free shipping. It may not be all inclusive but the order number for SN 45 was two minutes from N9PY's order and mine was 127 later but probably was not all KPA1500's or all of the KPA1500s. As they said other orders were received by other means too. On Feb 6th Eric said they were "shipping KPA1500 for several days now". So after almost a month there are about 50 units shipped, most likely including engineering units . Not impressive or encouraging. I'm not an Elecraft basher I'm Elecraft from 160 meters to 432MHZ. 73. Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & k2TKR K2, KX3, K3. KPA500, KAT500. P3, KRC, 3 XV's and more. -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
Hi Jim, Not broken down by prepaid levels but they did say in the Early Notification email this: Deposit Preorders will be shipped from the first production run in the order received, followed by non-deposit orders. So I wasn't sitting at the computer when the announcement hit but was about 18 hours into the 24 hour window. So I had to look at the fully prepaid order as nothing more than a blatant bribe to move up a few notches on the shipping list and the free shipping. It may not be all inclusive but the order number for SN 45 was two minutes from N9PY's order and mine was 127 later but probably was not all KPA1500's or all of the KPA1500s. As they said other orders were received by other means too. On Feb 6th Eric said they were "shipping KPA1500 for several days now". So after almost a month there are about 50 units shipped, most likely including engineering units . Not impressive or encouraging. I'm not an Elecraft basher I'm Elecraft from 160 meters to 432MHZ. 73. Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & k2TKR K2, KX3, K3. KPA500, KAT500. P3, KRC, 3 XV's and more. On 3/7/2018 12:43 PM, Jim N7US wrote: I placed my order with a $1000 deposit on 8/31. I expect them to put those who fully prepaid for their amplifiers first and those who put a $3000 deposit next in line. 73, Jim N7US -Original Message- KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after shipping on Friday March 2. For those of you who are closely watching shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after the announcement email. Don, N5LZ __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
Torrey ... In my case, the notification email was sent at 7:15pm Thu 8/24/2017 MDT and confirmation of my order number 110356 was sent at 7:36pm Thu 8/24/2017 MDT (my number preceeds yours by only 8 and my confirmation preceeded yours by 11 minutes) Other than the fact that initial shipping was delayed 4-5 months beyond the initially announced expected date range, processing and shipping seems to be being handled in a fair and orderly manner ... (first come/first served). There's no question that the initial announcement generated a huge email pileup! Don, N5LZ -Original Message- From: Torrey Mitchell [mailto:torr...@q.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 10:01 AM To: 'Don Butler'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived Don, You have my full attention! The "early notification email is "postmarked" at 8:28 pm CDT on August 24th. My full prepayment receipt with confirmation # is time stamped at 8:47 pm CDT on August 24th. So, I have a fully paid order confirmed 19 minutes after the notification email was sent. If this were a "horse race", I beat out Don by a "nose" (2 minutes). But still I have received no information from Elecraft and my order on the web site still indicates "pending processing". Don, my order # is 110364. How does that compare to yours? Hundreds of orders were likely computer processed in those first few minutes. I'd love to see how they were assigned order numbers as compared to the chronological order of the transactions. We're all excited. I can't wait to get my KPA-1500! Best 73 Torrey N9PY -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Don Butler Sent: March 7, 2018 10:19 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after shipping on Friday March 2. For those of you who are closely watching shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after the announcement email. Don, N5LZ __ 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 torr...@q.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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
I placed my order with a $1000 deposit on 8/31. I expect them to put those who fully prepaid for their amplifiers first and those who put a $3000 deposit next in line. 73, Jim N7US -Original Message- KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after shipping on Friday March 2. For those of you who are closely watching shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after the announcement email. Don, N5LZ __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
Don, You have my full attention! The "early notification email is "postmarked" at 8:28 pm CDT on August 24th. My full prepayment receipt with confirmation # is time stamped at 8:47 pm CDT on August 24th. So, I have a fully paid order confirmed 19 minutes after the notification email was sent. If this were a "horse race", I beat out Don by a "nose" (2 minutes). But still I have received no information from Elecraft and my order on the web site still indicates "pending processing". Don, my order # is 110364. How does that compare to yours? Hundreds of orders were likely computer processed in those first few minutes. I'd love to see how they were assigned order numbers as compared to the chronological order of the transactions. We're all excited. I can't wait to get my KPA-1500! Best 73 Torrey N9PY -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Don Butler Sent: March 7, 2018 10:19 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after shipping on Friday March 2. For those of you who are closely watching shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after the announcement email. Don, N5LZ __ 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 torr...@q.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
Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
Great...good luck and have fun. I ordered Aug 30 so should have by the 4th of July. Richard *W7ZR* ex:5C5Z, CN2ZR, K2JSP, W6SBZ, W7KXR, K9ZIJ, W9KNF, W0KDF, W0MQU, J68ZR, KC6ZR, PJ4/W7ZR, KH2,W7ZR, KH6/W7ZR, V31ZR, VK4AAZ, XE2DV *Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer* On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Don Butler wrote: > KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after > shipping on Friday March 2. For those of you who are closely watching > shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 > ten minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the > confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes > after the announcement email. > > Don, N5LZ > > > > __ > 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 dick.w...@gmail.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
[Elecraft] KPA1500 S/N 45 Arrived
KPA1500 S/N 45 arrived at my Utah qth yesterday (Tuesday March 6) after shipping on Friday March 2. For those of you who are closely watching shipment progress and serial numbers, my prepaid order was placed on Aug 24 ten minutes after the “now accepting orders” email had been sent …… and the confirmation email was sent from Elecraft 11 minutes later … 21 minutes after the announcement email. Don, N5LZ __ 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
