[Elecraft] CE labels, band limits - no thanks!

[Julian G4ILO]

I think the main argument against these regulations and particularly
the band restrictions is that they insult our intelligence. Presumably
the bureaucrats believe that the fact that, out of the box, a
transceiver is restricted to certain bands, means it cannot be used on
other frequencies. But *we* know that it is easy to disable these
restrictions - with the FT-817, for example, transmit locking can be
removed simply by writing to an internal register, and you can freely
download a small program from the  internet to do it. I think Simon's
FT-817 Commander can even do it. It beggars belief that the
potentially malicious users of this equipment don't know this too. And
other radios can presumably have their band limits changed or removed
with equal ease. So exactly what, in practise, do these restrictions
achieve?

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