Wow, that's some news. Not ROHS compliant? Whew. I'd really be interested to know why a company such as FRS chooses to develop a product not being ROHS compliant while targeting a global market - it's not that difficult, really.
The development costs for changing the product now are humungous compared to factoring in ROHS compliance from the very beginning. I do hope that not providing the V/U module to non-CONUS markets is actually considered to be a viable option... 73, Frank DG1SBG Am 04.04.2011 um 16:44 schrieb Klaus Lohmann: > <mailto:j...@on6zg.be> schrieb: >> Any news for European customers interested in the V/U upgrade ? >> >> 73's Jan ON6ZG. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> mailto:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ >> > > > Hello Jan, > > > we appreciate the interest in > V/U-upgrade for FLEX-5000A from > Europe very much. > > FlexRadio Systems has been shipping > the FLEX-VU5K installed option > directly to customers > in CONUS and other non-EU countries > for several months now. It has been > our intention to > complete CE compliance testing > during this time to allow us to ship > the VU5K into the EU > countries. > > Unfortunately, we have determined > that it is not feasible for us to > meet ROHS requirements > at this time. There are several > components on the VU5K boards that > are not ROHS and > a re-design would be required before > we could continue the CE testing > phase. Based upon > component availability, market > dynamics, and our limited resources, > we have made the difficult > decision to discontinue this CE > compliance effort for the VU5K > option. > > As you know for sure strict > adherence to CE and ROHS is a > requirement for shipment of any > kit or product into the European > Union. FlexRadio Systems can not > jeopardise the ability to > sell other CE qualified products > into this extremely important > market. > > Thank you very much for > understanding. > > > Best regards, > > Klaus, DK7XL > > > ___ > Klaus Lohmann > FlexRadio Systems Representative for > EU > Godeke-Michels-Weg 12 > D-21762 Otterndorf > GERMANY > "Tune in Excitement!" ™ > > Tel.: (+49) 4751 900501 > Fax.:(+49) 4751 998569 > Cell Phone: 0171 2751584 > kl...@flex-radio.com > flexradio...@t-online.de > FlexRadio Systems: > www.flex-radio.com > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
