[Elecraft] Fwd: Need K3 Board

[Dr. William J. Schmidt]

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> Reverse engineer it?  The schematics are readily available for it.  
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> I think fixing damaged nonworking boards os much easier.  So those who have older nonfunctioning boards might think about selling them to those of us that can fix them, thus having stock for the rest.  
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> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ
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> email:  bill at wjschmidt.com
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>>> On Nov 26, 2021, at 7:33 PM, David Gilbert <ab7echo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Both of those reasons are bogus in my opinion.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Dave   AB7E
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>>> 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.
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>>> More to the point, the reason Elecraft has stopped building certain products is that key components are no longer available.
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>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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