[Elecraft] [K3] Wine & Update Software

[Leigh L. Klotz, Jr.]

For me, the issue isn't finding some Windows laptop to update the K3 
with. That's easy enough.
My concern is that eventually, there will be a need to reload the K3's 
firmware, and the version of Windows it's for might not be there.  Think 
of the timescale of ham radio vs. the timescale of Windows releases.

There are Japanese ham radios from the 1980's which are now bricked 
because config memory settings were lost when the battery went dead.

It's not important right now, but eventually, having an open way to 
reload the firmware will be important.

That's not the same as saying that the firmware itself needs to be open; 
it just should be possible to restore the radio to it's original state 
without having to find a 20 or 30 year old laptop.

The K2 doesn't have this problem because its firmware isn't writable.

73,
Leigh/WA5ZNU
David Wilburn wrote:
> A recent thread mentioned update options, but I did not see any new 
> news.  Has anyone tried the K3 update software using Wine under Linux?