FUNcube Dongle

Folks

I had a delivery this evening form the PCB assembler as promised, and I have just finished fulfilling all of the backorders which will be dispatched on Thursday.

I note that there are a few notes on the blog that have accumulated over the past couple of days, I’ll be answering those on Thursday, I have just finished an 18 hour day and I’m ready for some rest!

In the meantime, many thanks to all of you for your kind patience over the past few days.

Thanks again, Howard

Folks

I am afraid that as I write this note we have just exhausted our current stock of FUNcube Dongles.

If you ordered before 11am UTC on 16 February, then your order will be prepared today and dispatched first thing tomorrow morning (Friday 17 Feb).

There has been a problem at our assembler’s over the past couple of weeks which has unexpectedly put back my deliveries. They are working overtime to catch up with our orders.

I am expecting the next delivery on Wednesday 22 February from the manufacturer.

In the meantime, I will allow pre-ordering, but please be aware that they will not be dispatched until Thursday 23 February.

Many thanks, and I appreciate your patience while we replenish our stocks.

Howard

Folks

I have had a question recently about the inventory status. I can confirm that we have stock, and units are available for immediate dispatch.

We’ve pretty much been in stock permanently now since August last year, and I placed an order last week for a further 500, so I don’t anticipate any shortages.

Many thanks, Howard

Folks

We’ll be closed from 28 Dec to 6 Jan for a short vacation, so any orders received during this period will be shipped immediately when we return.

The last non-UK orders fulfilled before we go will be 27 Dec 21:00 UTC.

The last UK orders will be 26 Dec 09:00 UTC.

If you’d like an FCD dispatched while we’re away, feel free to order from Martin Lynch: http://www.mlands.co.uk

Many thanks, Howard

Folks

I am aware there’s been some discussion about stock levels, I believe due to a message on this website from a year ago mistakenly taken as being much more recent.

I can categorically state that stock levels are fine!

Many thanks, Howard

Folks

We have good stock at the moment, and I’ve spent a bit of time figuring out example last ordering times for pre-Christmas delivery, ie delivery for Friday 23 December.

21 December 2100 UTC
Contiental US, Canada, North West Europe
(eg, UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy)

20 December 2100 UTC
Rest of Europe, Russia
(eg, Spain, Finland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Portugal)

19 December 2100 UTC
South East Asia
(eg, Japan, South Korea)

18 December 2100 UTC
Australasia

Thank you! Howard

Folks

Here is the global distribution of about 75% of the FUNcube Dongle population. Not all are included as many are now distributed by third parties, and occasionally Paypal won’t give me the country in a simple to number crunch way.

We still have stock, and I have a further 500 on their way from the board assembler tomorrow. We use Fedex International Priority for all non-UK shipments, so we’re good for global delivery before Christmas. UK shipment is by Special Delivery.

Many thanks, Howard

Folks,

We still have plenty in stock, although I forgot to update the Paypal inventory to reflect levels today, so you may have received a nasty massage from Paypal if you tried ordering in the past couple of hours, for which I apologise. If you did receive such an error message, please try again!

Many thanks, Howard

Folks

I have release 18j available for alpha testing out here: http://www.funcubedongle.com/MyImages/export18j.pro.bin

This fixes a problem with filter preselection between 868MHz and 1GHz.

Many thanks, Howard

Folks

In the past few weeks we have taken the opportunity to order a bumper load of FUNcube Dongles to make sure we have enough inventory to see us through to the new year. These units are already coming through so we anticipate being able to supply all the way through the next few weeks. We’ve been down to single digits on a few occasions, but we’ve not run out for some weeks now. Maybe I should get a job in JIT manufacturing and resourcing!

Many thanks, Howard