[Elecraft] K3 issues..

[Dick Dievendorff]

The variable bandwidth roofing filters are a separately purchasable option,
and they're not yet available.  There are a number of other roofing filters
that are immediately available. I chose the 8-pole fixed bandwidth filters. 

The Noise Blanker seems to work fine.   The Noise Reduction (NR) feature was
temporarily disabled but the most recent firmware update has re-enabled it.


The other features you mention are mostly firmware issues, and there is a
mechanism to update K3 firmware "in the field", using a personal computer
and a utility program available for free on Elecraft's web site.  This radio
was designed to be updated in the field.  The firmware updates are provided,
free of charge, through Elecraft's file server.

FM mode depends on an FM filter that is scheduled to be available on 12/30,
according to Elecraft's shipping status page.

I didn't find any of the features you listed important enough for me to
delay purchasing the radio. Elecraft's track record for supporting early
adopters is awfully good.   

You can of course wait until the radio's feature list has settled down and
everything you think important is implemented.  I'm getting a lot of
enjoyment from the radio as it is now, and I'm installing new firmware
updates as they become available.

73 de Dick, K6KR





  

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brett Gazdzinski
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:04 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 issues..

I have been looking at the reflector from time to time,
and was shocked to read that the 100 plus K3's that have shipped
do not have many options they were supposed to have, like
AM mode, FM mode, AM sync detection, a working noise blanker,
the high accuricy frequency readout, the variable bandwidth filters.

Did any of the K3's ever have this stuff, did it ever work on any K3 ever,
and if not, why do they think they can get it to work, and if they did get
it to work,
how come its not on the many units that have shipped???

It does not seem right to ship radios without most of the features
they were supposed to have, no other manufacturer could get away with that,
or do I have it all wrong and the things listed above work great on all the
new K3's?

Brett
N2DTS

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