Hi Brett, I would think for Elecraft, it's the economy of scale. How many sales are they losing versus the effectiveness of providing a modified radio? I suspect not enough to make it worth the effort. Consider the RoHS issues they had to resolve to go into the EU market...
Government/Military restrictions have always been a part of the Amateur Radio story, realistic or not. The US auto manufacturers are, IMHO, not a good comparison to Elecraft. Elecraft is much more responsive to customer demands and lacks the decades of arrogance exhibited by Detroit. Hope you're doing well over there, miss ya on the bands :o) 73, Julius The discussion in this thread completely misses the point: there are administrations who do not allow people to be in possession of radio equipment capable of operating on frequencies those people aren't allowed to use. This is probably more common in Asia now than anywhere else. Singapore is one place that comes to mind that until recently was quite strict & it is far from being a "backwards" place. Likewise here in Hongkong, our existing law & regulations were almost applied in the strictest sense, the result would have been that no radio could be used by any amateur as there has been, nor is there currently any product on the market that would not operate one cycle outside of the frequencies we are allowed to use. Even more so on 50 Mc. Pity those in the province of Taiwan, where if you have something less than the highest class of amateur licence, the local telecom authority insists that your equipment not be capable of operating beyond the restrictions of that licence. On the bright side, it does help these guys from doing things they aren't allowed to do - from my own experience being called by Ws well outside the frequencies allowed for phone operation in USA, perhaps this is something the FCC should do, too. If a company wants to sell its products into other markets, the product needs to be suitable for that market. Other manufacturers have adapted to these requirements, perhaps it will not be possible for Elecraft to do the same. Ultimately, the looser will be Elecraft. A good example of this is the motor market, which used to be dominated by Detroit. But then they stopped making RHD vehicles & although that is no longer the case, we don't buy your cars anymore. 73, ex-VR2BG/p. ______________________________________________________________ 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 ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Explanation-why-Thailand-bans-hf-transceivers-with-6-m-capability%3A-military-use-of-6-m-tp2588778p2598746.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
