[Elecraft] K3 STATUS -- a note from the lab

[Thom LaCosta]

At 02:56 PM 11/2/2007, wayne burdick wrote:
>Since the K3's PCB modules are pre-assembled, we have to 100% test 
>them, whether they're destined for a kit or for a fully-assembled 
>unit. I thought I'd give you some flavor of what goes into this.
>However, this turns out to be very time-consuming, so reducing test 
>time through automation is one of our major ongoing efforts. I'm now 
>pitching in to help our manufacturing-engineering team (Brian, W6FVI 
>and Rene, WR6MTR) by adding test firmware to the K3 itself. K3 
>owners will benefit from this effort in another way, since some 
>tests are added to the K3's POST routine (power-up self-test), and 
>all of the added remote control commands can be used to advantage in 
>third-party software applications.
>
>That's the news from the lab. Back to work....

Interesting....just curious....is one of the last steps before 
packing and shipping to update the firmware?  Seems like you all make 
a lot of changes, which will benefit all of us.  Seems that one of 
the first steps after turning puppy on would be to check for an update?

73,
Thom k3hrn