Re: [Elecraft] Re KX3 booster

2018-11-07 Thread Bill Frantz
Or why may US companies that manufacture in foreign countries have decided they need to have full-time staff from the US in the foreign country to monitor what's coming off the production line. Many of these foreign manufacturers are always looking for ways to cut costs, and those RFI suppressi

Re: [Elecraft] Re KX3 booster

2018-11-07 Thread Jim Brown
On 11/7/2018 6:08 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: It is called "economics". No, it is called lying and cheating. I've also opened up noisy products and found circuit boards missing components at the empty holes for RFI suppression components. 73, Jim K9YC __

Re: [Elecraft] Re KX3 booster

2018-11-07 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
My comment and understanding on "FCC Certified".    The FCC now allows companies to perform "self certification".   In other words, they allow the fox to watch the hen house.    The companies can elect to do the testing and submit the results to the FCC. Thus the FCC does not actually test prod

[Elecraft] Re KX3 booster

2018-11-06 Thread dyarnes
John and All, I’m not necessarily recommending these amps, but you may possibly be confusing them with a prior model line-- The original “HLA” series, such as the HLA 150 and HLA 300. Those amps were marginal at best, although if you ran them well below their rated output they weren’t “too d