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Re: Is it Legal to Solder the power cord to the D-Link

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Originally Posted by kgzak View Post
One major problem I see with opening the radio and soldering to it is, how are you going to have you radio flashed when you are at the competition. They need to be able to power and flash the radio for you to communicate with the field. That and it is modification of electronics, and therefore not allowed by rules.
I see that I had read the question wrong now. I was thinking that they were just planning on adding a dab of solder to the connector so it's a bit larger and more snug, but in this case, I agree that soldering to the dlink's electronics would probably cause a few more issues.