[Elecraft] KPA-500 high gain modification?
Alan Bloom
n1al at sonic.net
Thu Mar 15 17:58:18 EDT 2012
On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 21:54 +0100, Oliver Dröse wrote:
...
> Three big reasons I can think of that Elecraft does not want to release the
> schematics:
> a.) To keep them hidden for the competition (quite understandable).
> b.) It would probably put down sales of the KPA3 a bit (hmmm).
> c.) If somebody modifies it themselves it will be almost impossible to
> support it in case of problems (quite understandable, too).
The other reason is they might get in trouble with the FCC if they make
it too easy to modify.
Many years ago when the CB craze was at its height, a manufacturer who
shall remain nameless came out with a new transceiver. On page 1 of the
manual was an illustration of the underside of the chassis with a big
arrow pointing to a certain wire. "Do not cut this wire or the
transceiver will transmit on 11 meters."
They didn't get away with it. :=)
Alan N1AL
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