> > Reverse engineer it? The schematics are readily available for it. > > I think fixing damaged nonworking boards os much easier. So those who have > older nonfunctioning boards might think about selling them to those of us > that can fix them, thus having stock for the rest. > > > Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ > > email: [email protected] > > >>> On Nov 26, 2021, at 7:33 PM, David Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Both of those reasons are bogus in my opinion. >> >> For the first, a digital interface board is way down the list of what would >> be actual intellectual property. There is no software or special circuitry >> such as an LPGA or similar) involved at all. >> >> For the second, I sincerely doubt that Elecraft used some special capacitor >> or some tight tolerance part or an obsolete digital chip for a simple >> digital interface. They simply wouldn't have needed to. Most of the >> products that Elecraft has discontinued have nothing to do with unavailable >> parts ... other than delays due to supply chain issues. They discontinued >> those products because they had limited human resources to maintain that >> breadth of product line. >> >> I'd bet that it would be possible to reverse engineer the KIO3 boards, which >> based upon the number of posts here to the reflector are fairly high on the >> list of chance for failure ... it would just be far easier to have the parts >> list and board artwork to work with. Elecraft has nothing to lose (and a >> lot to gain in terms of good will) by making those things available for >> extending the life of products they once promised we could always count on >> them for. >> >> Dave AB7E >> >> >> >>> On 11/26/2021 3:07 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >>>> On 11/26/2021 1:49 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >>>> Elecraft has a very significant investment in those data [often called >>>> Intellectual Property]. Can't really see them just giving it away. >>>> Likewise computer codes. I'm not at all surprised that they're holding >>>> their IP close to the chest. >>> >>> More to the point, the reason Elecraft has stopped building certain >>> products is that key components are no longer available. >>> >>> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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]
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