[Elecraft] RE: FIRMWARE AVAILABILE

[Tom Althoff]

I don't see the new firmware on the official Ten-Tec firmware update site.
Where is it?

As of 5 mins ago the rfsquared website is showing ver 1.07 dated 6/25/2003.

My statement was based upon an e-mail directly from Ten-Tec where they
stated that they consider the Argonaut a finished project, that a lot of
work went into getting the firmware working right and that they were not
going to muck with it to add a software notch filter etc.

If I still have the e-mail I'll foward it to you.

Of course...Ten-Tec is one of those odd-ball companies that instead of
promising you something and never delivering it they swear they'll never
give you someting (PTT CW on Orion,  Mode A keying on the Orion, maybe an
ArgoV firmware upgrade) and suddenly one day you get it. 8-)

I was a member of the firmware beta testers and got to see the official line
of thought.   The company is concerned about locking in firmware ASAP.
They see firmware updates as a sign of weakness in marketing.   "They stll
haven't gotten that radio right yet...look...there's yet another firmware
fix" is what they are afraid people will think.   I think they are wrong.

73 de Tom K2TA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ron" <roncasa at verizon.net>
To: "'Dan KB6NU'" <kb6nu at w8pgw.org>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 9:46 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] RE: FIRMWARE AVAILABILE


> The information regarding Argonaut V is incorrect.
> Ten Tec has just finished another production run of these fine radios. A
new
> firmware version is available.
> Their firmware IS available for programmers to enable radio control from a
> pc.
> Ron wb1hga
>
> Dan writes:
> Maybe someone could convince TenTec to release the firmware as open
source,
> and allow amateurs to experiment with the radio. Just a thought...
>
>
> AND:
>
> The Argo V has best freq display of any radio I've ever owned, makes a
> nice
> 10M FM radio,  nice general coverage RX.   Sadly Ten-Tec has said that the
> Argo is "finished" and that no new software updates are expected.   No new
> features.   Nada.
>
>
>
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