[Elecraft] Need K3 Board

[David Gilbert]

Both of those reasons are bogus in my opinion.

For the first, a digital interface board is way down the list of what 
would be actual intellectual property.  There is no software or special 
circuitry such as an LPGA or similar) involved at all.

For the second, I sincerely doubt that Elecraft used some special 
capacitor or some tight tolerance part or an obsolete digital chip for a 
simple digital interface.  They simply wouldn't have needed to.  Most of 
the products that Elecraft has discontinued have nothing to do with 
unavailable parts ... other than delays due to supply chain issues.   
They discontinued those products because they had limited human 
resources to maintain that breadth of product line.

I'd bet that it would be possible to reverse engineer the KIO3 boards, 
which based upon the number of posts here to the reflector are fairly 
high on the list of chance for failure ... it would just be far easier 
to have the parts list and board artwork to work with.  Elecraft has 
nothing to lose (and a lot to gain in terms of good will) by making 
those things available for extending the life of products they once 
promised we could always count on them for.

Dave   AB7E



On 11/26/2021 3:07 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 11/26/2021 1:49 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> Elecraft has a very significant investment in those data [often 
>> called Intellectual Property].  Can't really see them just giving it 
>> away.  Likewise computer codes. I'm not at all surprised that they're 
>> holding their IP close to the chest.
>
> More to the point, the reason Elecraft has stopped building certain 
> products is that key components are no longer available.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC