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To all who have ordered a K4:



Our engineering and production teams have been hard at work these last months getting the K4 finished and ready for production. While engineering always takes longer than expected, we have also encountered longer than expected lead times on several key components. Needless to say, our manufacturing team is working hard with our suppliers to pull in the schedule for these long lead time parts. We've been successful getting a number of these lead times down and we are continuing to push hard on the remaining few items.



At this point, our current target for first production K4 shipments is April-May. We are working hard to get this pulled in and we'll post regular updates as we progress .



During the interim, we’ll continue to make refinements, add features and make software additions based on feedback from early testers, as well as those of you who’ve seen the K4 demonstrated at club meetings and hamfests.



We'll also start posting more detailed information on the K4, including pictures and screenshots of a number of features we've added since we first demonstrated the K4 at Dayton, including touch to tune to a signal, mouse click to tune, dual panadapter display mode showing A/B VFOs (same or different band), and integration of the K-Pod external tuning knob. We'll also post new external monitor screen formats as we add them.



Your amazingly strong response to the K4, including many orders with deposits, has proven invaluable in helping us move production forward. This vote of confidence in Elecraft is taken very seriously by our whole team. We're having a blast testing K4s on the air and are working hard to get them into your hands.



We realize this delay may be of concern for some who have placed orders. If you wish to make any changes to your order, please contact our sales team at sales@elecraft.com and we'll gladly help you out.



We’re very grateful for your patience.



73,

Eric, WA6HHQ Wayne, N6KR