I strongly agree, Mike - especially with that last sentence, "I just did not expect Elecraft to adopt that attitude."
The K3 schematics were published shortly after the release of the K3 itself and have proved invaluable. They have saved me literally hundreds of dollars in return shipping costs for repairs that - thanks to having the schematics - turned out to be very minor and easily done at home. Fast forward to last year when, as an early adopter of the K3S, I was very disappointed to hear afterwards that the schematics would not be published. Having already had to repair the K3S more than once using the old K3 schematics, I can tell you that was no fun at all! Same as Mike, that was not the deal I'd had thought I was buying into. We have a saying in Scotland that "someone needs to have a word with himself" about this. 73 from Ian GM3SEK >-----Original Message----- >From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of >Mike Morrow >Sent: 06 October 2016 05:08 >To: Elecraft Reflector >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Camping radio ops: then and now > >Phil wrote: > >> Why "But the KX2 has no schematics for the >> customer, so that prevents my purchase.", Mike? >> Mine works just fine, without schematics. > >It's just a matter of principal, Phil. I've never in almost 49 years a ham >purchased HF gear that did not, at minimum, include the schematics. I'm a >retired electrical engineer for whom knowing a little about what's inside the >box is actually **much more important** than knowing how to operate the >box. > >I accept that firmware will always be shrouded and proprietary. For the >hardware, if the complete (though not wholly current) KX3 system >schematics can released, it is hard to understand why the same hasn't >happened for the simpler KX2 system. > >Mine is unpopular philosophy today, when ham gear is becoming more and >more like smartphones whose internal workings are shielded from the view >of the vulgar mob. (For my phones, I get as much info as I can from the FCC >OET Device Listings ... even for Bluetooth headsets!) > >I just did not expect Elecraft to adopt that attitude. :-) > >73, >Mike / KK5F ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
