MFJ's new Internal K3 Tuner, anyone tried one yet?

[bhemmis]

Fred, Are you sure about the design not being patented (I have no clue about this stuff) ? Ethics (or lack of) are exactly what I was speaking about…
Somehow I don’t see this tuner being a big seller. People who purchase high end products like the K3 aren’t about to skimp on unknown products from manufacturers known for producing generally lower end items.
I’m guessing there’s a Chinese shop cranking out K3 clone modules. I’ll have to check eBay. Didn’t someone ask about a TCXO knock-off for the K3 the other day ? Wonder what’s next ?
We live in interesting times…
73, Brian USC

> On May 12, 2015, at 8:18 PM, Fred Townsend <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> MFJ followers will tell you that is not the first time they have copied a design. If the design is not patented, there are no copyright violations, and there is no theft of proprietary information, no harm, no foal.
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> Recall exactly the same thing occurred with a certain USB to RS232 converter. The driver was hijacked so the originators of the driver changed the code to detect counterfeit hardware. No harm, no foal.
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> All is fair in love and war. The ethics are another matter.
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> 73
> Fred, AE6QL
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Hemmis <[hidden email]>
>> Sent: May 12, 2015 4:49 PM
>> To: Phil Wheeler <[hidden email]>
>> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] MFJ's new Internal K3 Tuner, anyone tried one yet?
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>> I can see it now…"Introducing the new competition grade M3 transceiver from MFJ"
>> They’ll reverse engineer the K3 and sub it out to some Chinese garage operation…
>> I do think this tuner cloning is a low blow and takes MFJ down several notches IMO.
>> I’d be surprised if Elecraft doesn’t have their legal team working on this one.
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>> Brian K3USC
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I don't think it's a big deal. The advertising and encouragement to buy a K3 to put this "bargain" tuner into, may well make up for the lost margin on the Elecraft tuner board.

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

Folks, this thread was closed yesterday to relieve email overload for others.

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Eric
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> On May 11, 2015, at 11:45 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> This strikes me as quite bizarre.  Do they REALLY think we'd jeopardize our radios to save a hundred bucks on duplicate option???

Perhaps.

It’s a testament to the success of the K3 that they are offering boards for it. Perhaps this is just the first of many.

We’ll see.



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