Phil wrote:

> Why "But the KX2 has no schematics for the 
> customer, so that prevents my purchase.", Mike?  
> Mine works just fine, without schematics.

It's just a matter of principal, Phil.  I've never in almost 49 years a ham 
purchased HF gear that did not, at minimum, include the schematics.  I'm a 
retired electrical engineer for whom knowing a little about what's inside the 
box is actually **much more important** than knowing how to operate the box.   

I accept that firmware will always be shrouded and proprietary.  For the 
hardware, if the complete (though not wholly current) KX3 system schematics can 
released, it is hard to understand why the same hasn't happened for the simpler 
KX2 system.

Mine is unpopular philosophy today, when ham gear is becoming more and more 
like smartphones whose internal workings are shielded from the view of the 
vulgar mob.  (For my phones, I get as much info as I can from the FCC OET 
Device Listings ... even for Bluetooth headsets!)

I just did not expect Elecraft to adopt that attitude.  :-)

73,
Mike / KK5F

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