[Elecraft] Help with KAP100 and firmware version please

[Phil Wheeler]

Mark,

I based my reply on

> did not receive a replacement IC
> with the amp kit


vs. the labeling.  All should receive a replacement with the KPA100 
except those (very few) who received the basic K2 kit with a 2.02 
version MCU.  Of course, he may have mis-spoke when he said what I 
quoted above.

73, Phil


Mark J. Dulcey wrote:

> Phil Wheeler wrote:
>
>> Todd Gahagan wrote:
>>
>>> Building the KPA100 here and working on the control board. I thought 
>>> I had
>>> the most up to date firmware but the manual states that I should have
>>> version 2.02A or later.  I have 2.01F and did not receive a 
>>> replacement IC
>>> with the amp kit.  Could someone clear this up for me please?  Will the
>>> firmware that I have work? 
>>
>>
>>
>> No.  You need 2.02x for the PA, and it should be in the KPA100 
>> package. Be sure to look on both sides of a black porous piece of 
>> plastic that will have other components on it.  As I recall, I though 
>> I was short something until I turned that guy over.
>
>
> I got a new PIC with my KPA100; the sticker on it said it was "2.01f". 
> That seemed odd, since I already had 2.01H in my K2; I received it 
> when I got my KIO2. I wrote email to Elecraft; they said that some 
> chips had been mislabeled, but actually contained 2.02 firmware.