[Elecraft] JARD Technical Standard Certification Number for K3 orK3X

[Walter Underwood]

One Japanese amateur had the opinion that firmware upgrades would require recertification. Perhaps that is true, but it also might be just as accurate as my opinion about what the FCC would do. If I were a betting man, I would not bet on my opinion about the FCC.

Basically, let's not jump to the conclusion that the Japanese are trying to exclude US radios. Just like the FCC, they try to keep poor-quality transmitters off the air in their country. That is a good thing.

wunder
K6WRU

On Jan 7, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:

> 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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