[Elecraft] JARD Technical Standard Certification Number for K3 orK3X

[Bill Frantz]

But Elecraft doesn't have to get a new type approval from the 
FCC every time they change the firmware. The post I quoted 
(included below) indicates that the Japanese manufacturers need 
to get approval from JARD whenever they want to change the 
firmware. Having the expense of jumping thru a bureaucratic hoop 
would certainly act as a disincentive.

Cheers - Bill

On 1/7/14 at 6:32 PM, wunder at wunderwood.org (Walter Underwood) wrote:

>Radios in the US need FCC approval, too. I don't think this is all that different. --wunder
>
>On Jan 7, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
>
>>This situation might contribute to the reasons we don't get continuous product improvement on our
>Japanese radios the way we do from Elecraft.
>>
>>Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
>>
>>On 1/7/14 at 6:53 AM, ji1tll at jarl.com wrote:
>>
>>> We know the firmware of KX-3 is currently
>>> revised even now.
>>>   JARD can never accept such a moving spec.
>>> machine.

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