On Apr 20, 11:03 am, (Michael Houghton) wrote:
Howdy!

In article .com,
Robert M. Gary wrote:



On Apr 19, 7:25 am, "RST Engineering" wrote:
That's an interesting heresy and untruth. Mind telling us how you came to
believe this?

Jim

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in
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without opening the unit (which is now illegal to do ).- Hide quoted text -

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I'm told you have to have an FAA approved manual for the unit to open
it. The manufactor has keep those manuals secret (like Garmin does) so
you have to send it to the factory. However, the factory will no
longer look at it. Are you saying you would be willing to open the
unit and service it for me???

You initial statement was a bald assertion that opening the unit was
*illegal* for you to do. Now you say that someone (unnamed) told you
this.

Perhaps you could examine the relevant regulations to see what rules
apply in what way.

Merely opening up the case is unlikely to be *illegal* on its face.
It might be that, having opened it up, it can't be put back into
service (as a transmitter) without the blessing of someone with the
appropriate radio credentials. It might be that any repairs that are
made have to be vetted by same credentialed repair person. It might
be an old wives' tale.

This is without a doubt the stupidest reply I've ever seen on USNET.
Gee, if you ever need heart surgery I can do that for you. I can
remove your heart. Apparently you don't think its relevant that I
don't know how to put it back in. Once this unit is opened, it is a
paper weight, there is no one who is legally able to return it to
service so I'll have to live with it working intermitantly unless the
cause is external.
Gees, you'd think there would be an IQ test to use a computer.

-Robert