We know how eager so many of you are to get your hands on your new Maestro. Today was truly all hands on deck as final software is loaded, accessories kitted, Maestros boxed, boxes sealed, labels printed and applied, and the UPS truck loaded. Even the engineers were glad to quit coding, take a brain break, and just load software. They said if they weren't loading software they would have been out playing miniature golf.
We took over the conference room, the scrum room, the lab and even the hallways. Many more are on the way from the factory next door to our dock for final processing. It will take several weeks to work through the backlog but we are cranking out a lot of units. Starting next week the factory will load final software so we don't have to touch them again here other than to add the accessories and attach labels.
I want to sincerely thank the FlexRadio team and our beta test group who have worked tirelessly to make Maestro a ground breaking product. Thanks to all of you who pre-ordered for your patience while we put on the finishing touches and get them out to you.
We truly hope you enjoy your new Maestro.
73, from the FlexRadio team
5/4/2016 DAY ONE....
We took over the conference room, the scrum room, the lab and even the hallways. Many more are on the way from the factory next door to our dock for final processing. It will take several weeks to work through the backlog but we are cranking out a lot of units. Starting next week the factory will load final software so we don't have to touch them again here other than to add the accessories and attach labels.
I want to sincerely thank the FlexRadio team and our beta test group who have worked tirelessly to make Maestro a ground breaking product. Thanks to all of you who pre-ordered for your patience while we put on the finishing touches and get them out to you.
We truly hope you enjoy your new Maestro.
73, from the FlexRadio team
5/4/2016 DAY ONE....
Gerald - K5SDR, Employee
Posted 3 years ago
Jay -- N0FB, Elmer
Me thinks that UPS driver needs a bigger truck!!!
Cor bimey! People buy a box without knobs then wet themselves when an add-on box with knobs is made available. You could not make this up, LOL (in deference to Burt).
Steve K9ZW, Elmer
"Add-On Box with Knobs" is weak. That is taking poetic license to say the least.
You make it as if a Maestro would be nothing more than a "Face Plate with an Internet Gap!"
Fortunately your epitaph "Cor Blimey" is unlikely to be actioned, as I doubt you really wish for God to Strike you Blind, do you? I've always found the UK's "minced oaths" cute.
73
Steve K9ZW
Luv a duck! You've got me guv'nor.
May have to have a thruppenny bit when I get to the top of the apples and pears.
Toodle-pip me old muckker.
Guy G4DWV/4X1LT
May have to have a thruppenny bit when I get to the top of the apples and pears.
Toodle-pip me old muckker.
Guy G4DWV/4X1LT
What??
LOL, I need to go back to school for a refresher on proper english!
LOL, I need to go back to school for a refresher on proper english!
What??
LOL, I need to go back to school for a refresher on proper english!
LOL, I need to go back to school for a refresher on proper english!
Looks a bit crowded! Tell that driver to avoid the potholes please!
:-)
:-)
I had to laugh on that one James! Pretty good.
Richard Clafton W4/G7EIX, Elmer
Wonderful! One of those has my name on it it seems - from the email I got today! :-)
It's right below mine on the truck! Hope mine doesn't smash yours....
I was able to read the label on the box of my Maestro, that was prepare for shipment.
It was third box on the left in the hallway lineup!
I can wait to see UPS delivering it Monday.
It was third box on the left in the hallway lineup!
I can wait to see UPS delivering it Monday.
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George Molnar, KF2T, Elmer
Now you gotta get your radio hooked up, buddy!
Jay -- N0FB, Elmer
2 day standard UPS Ground delivery between Austin and Kansas City. I'm hoping to see my Maestro on Friday. Would love to use it on a Special Event station at the WW1 Memorial this weekend. Listen for Special Event Station WW1USA on CW, SSB, on 80-10 Meters (propagation permitting) and C4FM Yaesu Fusion WIRES (WW1USA Room).
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I think you will mine says-
Scheduled Delivery Updated To:Friday, 05/06/2016, By End of Day, and I'm in Kansas City also.
Scheduled Delivery Updated To:Friday, 05/06/2016, By End of Day, and I'm in Kansas City also.
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Jay -- N0FB, Elmer
UPS is scheduled to deliver between 1 & 3 on Friday. Great service.
Thanks for the update Gerald. Do you have a rough estimate of how long it'll take to fulfill the pre-orders?
Gerald - K5SDR, Employee
Not yet. We will need a week or so to see where we are and what the regular flow is on a daily basis.
Any idea when the orders going to the UK dealers will go out?
Thanks. David G4NRT
Thanks. David G4NRT
Tim - W4TME, Customer Experience Manager
Ian - Sorry about the responsive nature of the Online Store website. And you will have to talk to Matt to place an order. Greg decided to pursue some other opportunities about a year ago.
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Tim - W4TME, Customer Experience Manager
Paul - There has been a little confusion with our vendors regarding shipment schedules. Now that production Maestros are officially shipping, that issue was addressed today officially by Klaus, our EU representative who manages the distributor channel. First off, the implication that distributors will not get their shipments until the US backlog is fulfilled is totally incorrect.
We will be shipping distributors their supply of Maestros in the same order and manner as individuals who placed their orders; FIFO - first in, first out. So they should be getting them in due time. Sorry for the confusion.
We will be shipping distributors their supply of Maestros in the same order and manner as individuals who placed their orders; FIFO - first in, first out. So they should be getting them in due time. Sorry for the confusion.
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Thanks for clearing that up, Tim.
Jay -- N0FB, Elmer
Paul...that looks like an F-4 you're sitting in. Are you a Phantom Jockey?
Ooh you're close Jay...that is an old photo ('84 I think..) of me as a technician (AN/ALQ 101 (v)-10 ECM pods which the USAF sold to the RAF when they went to the 119)
but the aircraft was a Jaguar. That photo was taken at Nellis AFB. However, later on I was commissioned as an Engineering Officer and my first tour as an officer was on 92 (F) Squadron....which flew F4s out of RAF Wildenrath in Germany. Loved the F4 , it was, as we'd say in slang in the UK, 'Well 'ard' (well hard...as in tough, imposing, not to be messed with) ;-)
but the aircraft was a Jaguar. That photo was taken at Nellis AFB. However, later on I was commissioned as an Engineering Officer and my first tour as an officer was on 92 (F) Squadron....which flew F4s out of RAF Wildenrath in Germany. Loved the F4 , it was, as we'd say in slang in the UK, 'Well 'ard' (well hard...as in tough, imposing, not to be messed with) ;-)
