Latest Elecraft K4 status from their site:
K4 Update 4/25/2021
We are working hard getting your K4's out the door and we have just finished shipping our Group 1 orders from May 16th, which was 1 day before the 2019 Dayton Hamvention opened. We are now shipping from the May 17th group 1 orders.
We had a huge surge of orders on May 17th from both Dayton, on-line and telephone orders. We expect it will take us approximately 4-6 weeks to ship these orders. After that you will start to see the the order date that we are shipping change much more quickly.
You can see regular K4 shipping updates on our Shipping Status page.
It's been two weeks since the 4/25/21 update that says their Group 1 orders have been shipped. I'd think you'd be seeing some reviews posted online by now, but on eham only two...from authorized Elecraft "field testers" that have had them for a while. Not the average ham that plunked down sizable deposits two years ago (interest-free loans to Elecraft). You have to cut them some slack due to the pandemic, but what about the year of promises before the pandemic?
Final prices have been posted: Basic K4...$4,199; K4D...$4,999; K4HD...TBD. Antenna tuner is optional on all models...$399.
I'm sure it's a quality, sophisticated product. But it seems that the K4D is similar to the Icom IC-7610 that has gained praise from contesters and DXers over the years. The K4D, including ATU, is $2,400 more than the 7610. Is the performance worth that much more than the 7610? I guess time will tell when the reviews start flowing, whenever that is.
Bob K7JQ