MOTM

a) first set of VCO kits (300/310s) begins shipping this week

b) not much will be shipped the following week (Dec 1-6) due to 'real work' 
activity

c) tonight, I am going over all orders <#400 and making sure *everything* on 
those are able to ship. The only issue right now are the new Vishay log 
pots. It is looking like *next year* until they will ship. I ordered these 
June 14th. Also, Analog Devices is streaching out MAT02EH lead times from 3 
weeks to 7 weeks. I'm also getting frustrated with Mouser: they are starting 
to list stuff "in stock" but in reality, the stock is at the *supplier*, not 
at *Mouser*. So, after you order it, then 24hrs later here comes an email 
saying "oh, it really won't be here until blah blah later". I ran out of 
heat shrink, I may have to scramble to find some so I can ship the MOTM-300 
kits. This is relatively new there, very annoying! At least I can get in the 
car and drive to Allied and get some, but there goes 1hr out of the workday.

Let's see what I can get out between Monday and Saturday (the local PO is 
open 4hrs on Saturday) before flooding me with "where is my stuff" emails. I 
should be able to ship over 50 kits by Saturday!

Paul S.