[Elecraft] What is this??? (re: sweeps...)

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

> I bought a K2 because it is a great rig...
>
> I joined the reflector....
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> I did not expect 30 emails in one day about contesting....
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> I guess I was mistaken thinking this was a K2 technical reflector.

Welcome to the club.  This reflector can often go off the rails as do
others.  "Towertalk" was building up a head of steam over competing
theologies last week, the moderator was off-line for a couple of days.

N6WG does make a valid point about contesting having a technical base,
however, much of what was written didn't have anything that was
specific to integration of Elecraft equipment into a high technical
capability contest station.  Clearly the thread indicated that
operators are a different issue.

When it gets too bad I just temporarily suspend the list and pick up
anything interesting later from the archives.

Now then, maybe if I rephrase a previous query, does anyone know what
advantage would KPA100 v1.10 firmware offer in the next big contest
over the v1.09 I currently have.  Is it anything significant or just a
maintenance tweak.

Also, how many make use of all the MCU space dedicated to CW message
memories.  Would trimming them down a little or maybe retaining three
the current size and the rest smaller make space for firmware
enhancements.  I am not alone in looking for mode retention when
switching between VFO's within the current band.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO