Well said, Kevin! This was my initial intent when I started this thread, but you've done a better job of stating the obvious.
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Kevin Stover <[email protected]> wrote: > And who gets to fix the radio, under warrantee of course, when this home > brewed command line utility bricks the radio? Through this whole discussion I've heard > very little from proponents of open sourcing the utilities on this minor little point. Telling isn't it. This could be a profit center for Elecraft now that I think about it. If it were me, I'd charge $1,500 to fix any Elecraft product which has had it's brains blown out by some home brewed and unsupported flash utility. On 4/9/2016 1:13 PM, ei6iz.Brendan Minish wrote: > I think that all most of us would need would be a command line utility that >> can be used to update firmware and perhaps back up settings. >> Either making this open source or just releasing the protocol spec would >> be >> all that's needed. >> This would not require the firmware to be open sourced, it would just mean >> that the Elecraft provided firmwares can be uploaded to the radio. >> >> Icing on the cake would be the ability to make radio backups >> >> > -- > R. Kevin Stover > AC0H > ARRL > FISTS #11993 > SKCC #215 > NAQCC #3441 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
