I sent out a bunch of requests for quotes on a new Kenwood NX-1300DUK5 radio. I had more than one vendor tell me the radios are unavailable due to chip shortages. The last email from one said Kenwood advised them they won't see any until late summer. I found one vendor that had some of the analog only models in stock, and purchased the DMR feature license key to upgrade it before shipping.
By the way if somebody wants a new good quality commercial grade radio for GMRS these are nice. They are not going to be exactly cheap, even in the analog only version.
https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/290-nx-1300duk5/
I read about the cheap Baofengs being shipped without a chip, I think it was for the FM broadcast feature, a while back.
I also haven't got my Bluetooth remote for the D578 yet. That's been a couple of months on that too.
Anyone else having issues with ordering and getting delivery on radios?