On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 21:54 +0100, Oliver Dröse wrote: ... > Three big reasons I can think of that Elecraft does not want to release the > schematics: > a.) To keep them hidden for the competition (quite understandable). > b.) It would probably put down sales of the KPA3 a bit (hmmm). > c.) If somebody modifies it themselves it will be almost impossible to > support it in case of problems (quite understandable, too).
The other reason is they might get in trouble with the FCC if they make it too easy to modify. Many years ago when the CB craze was at its height, a manufacturer who shall remain nameless came out with a new transceiver. On page 1 of the manual was an illustration of the underside of the chassis with a big arrow pointing to a certain wire. "Do not cut this wire or the transceiver will transmit on 11 meters." They didn't get away with it. :=) Alan N1AL ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
