Category Archives: Production-Shipping

Production and Shipping related News

October Update

I hope everyone is doing well, we had some significant delaying issues last month. We are a bit behind schedule, we shipped another 8 orders just before Pacificon but there are a few more from the last batch that we are working to get out yet. Then we will be ready to take another batch of new launcher orders. Thanks for your patience.

It was good to see folks at Pacificon, and the Wayne and Eric of Elecraft gave us a rare event – a new radio released at Pacificon.

As we usually do we had a booth at the Flea Market and saw a few customers and sold a few launcher items, however the rain came through and we had to put things away quickly and wet.

I have been setting up some new 3D printers that will help with production rates and with some new materials for better temperature resistance. I’m also planning to add a new tool to the deluxe kits to help with launcher assembly.

I’m behind on some emails, will try to catch up on those soon.

We haven’t decided if we are going to attend Quartzfest next January. The cost of fuel has skyrocketed, and it’s a long gas guzzling tow trip from here. In any case the weather at that time of year is quite unpredictable and has caused us to cancel more than once even after plans were laid.

Regards,

Launcher Ordering

We have marked launchers in stock in our online catalog at https://akbeng.com/catalog today for a short time window. Quantities are limited. They will be marked out of stock when our quota for this batch is reached. Launchers are custom made to order (not pre-stocked items), we have some parts on hand but others must be ordered or made as required. The goal is to ship this batch within 90 days of the order date, last time it took longer than expected to get through the batch, this time we will restrict the batch quantity to a smaller number. Make sure to refresh your browser page to get the updated catalog.

The launchers will be fabricated and shipped in an efficient order for our manufacturing which may vary with launcher type, etc. Kits will generally be shipped earlier than pre-assembled launchers. Some launcher types may not be included in this batch. Shipping service interruptions may affect choices of shipper or shipping costs, adjustments may even be required. Shipping included in the catalog is an estimate.

Limit one launcher per customer for this batch.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Alan, w6akb

Progress

Currently we are crunching through the backlog of orders. It is taking longer than originally expected, but things are moving along. About 2/3 of them are already shipped, and at the current rate we will be through them before Field Day. I was hoping to do another batch before FD but that is unlikely at this point. Thanks for your patience. If you have any questions please send email.