Tom,
My guess on this would be: 1. They are Russian and don't go by the norm.
2. It's a single board, surface mount technology FRU. They may not see
the need to have a maintenance manual since it's mostly a board
replacement and the rest will have to be handled at the depot, with very
little exceptions. Frankly, the majority of the work on surface mount
FRU, has to be done at the manufacturer, so I'm certain that's what they
are thinking.
Larry, WG9U
Thomas Tumino wrote on 4/11/2023 8:26 AM:
In my mind, to not publish a service manual is really against the ethos
of Ham Radio. ?Isn¡¯t ham radio all about experimenting, learning, and
tinkering? Fixing, modifying l, and building gear is really part of ham
radio. ?
I don¡¯t know of any ham manufacturer that hasn¡¯t published a
service manual for their gear. ?Many charge for the manual, but to not
publish one at all??! ?Not cool Lab599.
A service manual is especially important for a small, new
company. ?No one wants gear that may become unserviceable due to a lack
of a service manual if the company stops or can no longer support the
owners in the future. ?
Perhaps one reason why
people are reporting slow repairs from the US facility is that even they
don¡¯t have a service manual¡
Can someone with
some inside connection to Lab599 try to get them to release the service
manual in some fashion? I for one am happy to pay for it as long as it¡¯s
priced reasonably. ?
73,
Tom, N2YTF?
Sent by phone, please forgive my brevity and poor typing.
On Apr 11, 2023, at 8:39 AM, Norm
- KC1BMD <noka@...> wrote:
?On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 07:26 AM, Thomas
Tumino wrote:
Has Lab599 released a service manual for the rig? Anyone
have a link to it?
If they did, I would think it would be on the web site ( Downloads
section) but I only see a "User" manual.
?
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73, Norm/KC1BMD
Larry Guillot