[Elecraft] Camping radio ops: then and now

[Mike Morrow]

Phil wrote:

> Why "But the KX2 has no schematics for the 
> customer, so that prevents my purchase.", Mike?  
> Mine works just fine, without schematics.

It's just a matter of principal, Phil.  I've never in almost 49 years a ham purchased HF gear that did not, at minimum, include the schematics.  I'm a retired electrical engineer for whom knowing a little about what's inside the box is actually **much more important** than knowing how to operate the box.   

I accept that firmware will always be shrouded and proprietary.  For the hardware, if the complete (though not wholly current) KX3 system schematics can released, it is hard to understand why the same hasn't happened for the simpler KX2 system.

Mine is unpopular philosophy today, when ham gear is becoming more and more like smartphones whose internal workings are shielded from the view of the vulgar mob.  (For my phones, I get as much info as I can from the FCC OET Device Listings ... even for Bluetooth headsets!)

I just did not expect Elecraft to adopt that attitude.  :-)

73,
Mike / KK5F