[Elecraft] Important K3 News

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

Julian G4ILO <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com> wrote on
Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:05 AM

> Hopefully the time will soon pass when firmware updates fix critical
> issues (i.e. bugs) and simply add features that may not be deemed
> essential. Some people seem to have update-itis and need to have the
> latest of everything, but I think I have avoided a lot of problems in
> the past (especially in the world of computers) by following the maxim
> "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." My K2 is still working quite
> happily on Rev 2.01 firmware, which has never caused an issue until a
> few days ago when working on my new program when I wasted half an hour
> trying to figure why the TQ command didn't work.

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I share your philosophy. My K2 appears to be happy with the firmware that 
came with it in early 2003 and without any of the 'official' hardware 
modifications. I have made two 'unofficial' hardware modifications (1) To 
put a beefy headphone jack at the rear and (2) Re-package the High Voltage 
bias supply in a screened box sitting on the KPA100 pcb with lead filtering 
to get rid of many of the receiver birdies.

If I order a K3 early next year assuming that any serious bugs have been 
dealt with, I would like to think that I would not need to install updates 
very often, if at all.

Sincere thanks to everyone who answered my question.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD