[amsat-bb] fcd pro +

[Hans BX2ABT]

The trend is to keep everything under lid and a secret and not share 
source code or schematics. You might agree with this, but when I spend 
money to buy something I own it and I want the right to repair and that 
means documentation. It used to be like that, because I can easily 
repair my old ham rigs from ICOM and Kenwood because they provide this 
kind of information. And yes, if there is no documentation then I will 
steer clear of buying that product or other products from that company. 
Thanks for the heads-up: will never buy a FCD+, that's for sure.

Hans

BX2ABT


On 05/15/2019 09:27 PM, Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL) via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I'd guess that the first place to get support would be to email
> Hanlincrest Ltd (Howard) who makes and supports the Funcube Dongle
> email being g6lvb at amsat.org, I don't think rewriting a comment on his
> website is how anyone should expect to get support.
>
> Most commercial products don't provide schematic or access to firmware
> code but for some reason, some of the ham radio community seems to
> think they should be handed it.
>
> 73,
>
> Peter, 2M0SQL
>
> On Wed, 15 May 2019 at 01:37, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> On 05/14/19 05:04, Nick Pugh via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>>> My FCD Pro+ is broken how do I get it fixed?
>>> Where can I get a schematic?
>> Hello Nick,
>>
>> Howard Long, G6LVB, hasn't made a post on the funcubedongle.com website
>> in ~4 years. He does not respond to comments on that website regarding
>> the USB bugs in the FCDP+, so I don't think he'll be very responsive to
>> broken hardware/schematic requests, either.
>>
>> Appealing directly to AMSAT-UK may have some effect.
>>
>> I believe that the secrecy surrounding this dongle stems from the NDA-ed
>> silicon tuner and a desire to keep it from being cloned.
>>
>> It is unfortunate that such a wonderful gadget is both closed source and
>> closed hardware.
>>
>> --- Zach
>> N0ZGO
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