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I have counted up all the modules in the backlog (some of you got
calls/emails over the weekend).

I have also finished the inventory of parts, and have placed orders for all
of the long lead-time
parts (wire/panels/pc boards). These parts will take 3 weeks to arrive.

There are approx. 280 total modules to be shipped. The split is about 50-50
kits versus assembled,
although ~30 assembled modules are patch panels or power supplies.

While the ordered parts are in transit, I will solder and kit all I can with
the parts I currently have.
Since postage is sky-high (especially overseas) I will not 'split-ship'
unless 1 or 2 modules are holding up
many more. I have ~10 MOTM 2.0 orders that need attention and these will
ship by Saturday..

I will be working as hard and fast as I can over the summer to get all of
these shipped out. I am taking
over 2 weeks of vacation time from my 'day job' in June/July just to work on
MOTM (except a few
days in Vegas for fun, to see Blue Man Group live). So, please refrain for
the pleading 'where is my stuff'
emails unless you have a sinking feeling I have forgotten you entirely. If
you got an Order Number
back from the cart, it is my SQL database. Sometime, PayPal is screwy and I
don't see the order 'return back' to me.

I make up the kits by type (ie all of the MOTM-410s I will kit the same
time) and after I kit up 5 or 6 types,
I will scan through the backlog to see what I ship complete. It may be that
I have to kit over 80% of the total
in order to make progress this way. So, I do not expect to start shipping
the kits until late June. I plan to kit
in order: 410, 120, 820, 390, 420, 310 as the first run-through (about 45
total kits). By the time I finish these, the
parts will all arrive for everything (panels tend to drag in last). For a
few panels (like the '700) I have to retool these
(the current vendor has not yet made these) and these will not arrive until
mid-July.

Lastly, by July 1 I should have the pre-production prototype of the '730 up
and running and also have the
MOTM-1300 Frac VCO in testing.

Paul S.