PGXL February Updates

Richard

Another month is rolling out and Orlando Hamcation is upon us.  Has anyone, OTHER than the selected equipment testing group, received their New PGXL Amplifier?  What are your Initial Thoughts in Setup and Operation?  Interested to see the first comments from the General Purchasing Public.  TNX

Richard - N4RWG

David-N5PSM

Additionally it would be great to know when you reserved your PGXL to get an idea of where we are.

Matt (K0KB)

I reserved mine within 30min of the initial e-mail announcement saying they were accepting pre-orders. I am not in any testing group. I have received mine and it is excellent. Set up takes no time at all.

Richard

David-N5PSM

?Question?    When did you receive it?
73

KF4HR

Richard

Bill -VA3WTB

A lot of amps were held up at the boarder, Flex must be getting them bye now for final burn in and shipping.

KF4HR

Bill -VA3WTB

I understand they are shipping, and their are no known problems. I wish I could swing an amp like the PGXL,,it is not your average amp....

Richard

KF4HR

Keith Richards

For info if useful …. I spoke with 403A rep on Facebook yesterday and he advised that all current  backorders of the amp will be complete by June 2019. My question was when would they expect general availability )  

Richard

Burt Fisher

You are too pessimistic on their web site it says, "ESTIMATED SHIP DATE FOR NEW INTEREST: Q1 2019"

Richard

Based on past performance..... Pessimistic????  No,  Realistic.  But still hanging in there.  Still have only heard from 1 (one) person that received their PGXL that is NOT a Tester.   You would think there would be more....

W7NGA

David-N5PSM

If anyone that is NOT in the testing group that has received their PGXL would tell us when they went on the list and when they received it,  then we could have a realistic way to see the light at the end of the tunnel and that the train is actually coming our way..............

HCampbell WB4IVF

Bob N7ZO

David-N5PSM

Thanks Howard and Bob.

Based on Howard's data. we are at 506 calendar days.  A Few more data points and we may have some usable knowledge.

I was told mine would be some time in March 2019.  I now estimate September 27th based on 506 calendar days.

need more data points!

David-N5PSM

Does the recall and retrofit affect the date you gave?

HCampbell WB4IVF

David, mine was one of the last, and possibly the last, PG shipped before shipments stopped because of the 6M filter problem. 

Howard

David-N5PSM

That's good info,  So your data-point is pre 6m-filter.

KF4HR

KC2QMA_John

Steve K9ZW

Steve WS5W

Good info

Richard

Steve K9ZW

Might be worth your reading the old threads on this, as what happened is laid out there. I’ve had better luck shipping from Europe on one-offs too. As I’ve also had my own larger and container sized shipments delayed for up to six months with no recourse, I’ve long ago learned I cannot expect or uniformly predict expedited delivery. Interestingly I can predict that anything I ship to or from Canada will take an unreasonably longer time than one would possibly predict. BTW going back to that first PGXL shipment 4o3a/FRS sent the pallets by air freight but got caught up in transit with strikes. When deliberate delays are introduced your schedule is simply ****. If you ever get involved shipping internationally personally you’ll find out about more archaic rules, like census filings, than your worst nightmare would contain. 73 Steve K9ZW

Richard