Your point continues to be repeated (and it’s become a tiresome and annoying whine). However it remains that the Elecraft code is proprietary, just as most radio manufacturers code, name most any brand. Ditto car engine computer code (gas, diesel, hybrid or battery), computer program operating systems, networking products and more. It’s private and protected by laws.
Try walking into Tesla and demanding copies of their designs and coding. You might just hope to land on the lawn, it depends on how well they toss you. While it’s possible to come close to duplicating the hardware (illegally), perhaps even take a good stab at the code; Elecraft gear still has their name on it, they stand behind it with both name and reputation on the line. So their code won’t be released to the public risking someone makIng poor changes, potentially causing issues, that could besmirch the name and product reputation that they’ve built up. That would be ruinous to the product, the users and financial suicide for Elecraft. Ditto Kenwood. Ditto Yaesu. Ditto Icom. And they’re not even in the same league as Elecraft. If the coder is THAT good, apply to join the team. Expand that team to anyone/everyone and you end up with radio version of Windows; bloated, slow, resource hogging that demands new hardware with each update or evolution and can’t get out of its own way to operate in mediocrity. If you want to roll your own, start at the very beginning, just as they did. No one stopped them, no one will stop you. I think they’re doing an excellent job and push their designs to the limit (K3); then take the next step with newer hardware (K4) to build on their success. You’re welcome to try and match all that; starting from scratch. Let’s not (ever) bring this up monthly anymore; the answer in the foreseeable future, is no. For excellent reasons. Most of the users buy in because of the well proven quality and won’t accept substitutes. Stop asking. 73, Rick NK7I Email spiel Czech corruptions happen > On Nov 25, 2020, at 10:10 PM, Tim Neu <tim....@gmail.com> wrote: > > The point on Moore's law is taken. > > But the options aren't just limited to Elecraft doing more work on older > radios or no updates at all (or supporting the old radios to the detriment > of the new) > > Many software development projects now are community based and although > radio firmware may be more time-consuming and more complex than OpenWRT for > example, community based development may have more umph than Elecraft might > have as far as inclination to tweak old radios. > > Just a thought. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
