[Elecraft] N4PY software for K3 now available

[Don Wilhelm]

Joe,

Do you speak with personal experience or simply speculation?
I believe Carl offers a 10 day free trial, so you can try it before 
committing to it, and once purchased, you get 1 year of free updates.  
The program is not posted for download, so you have to email Carl 
n4py at arrl.net if you would like to try a copy.
His subscription service is only for the updates - your copy can be run 
forever even if you stop the subscription.
I also believe it runs on all 32 bit Windows OSs - I have had it running 
on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, and Carl states that it will run on 
anything from Windows 95 to Vista (but not isat64), and I am not sure 
about NT.

I no longer use N4PY software routinely - I migrated to Ham Radio Deluxe 
because of its integration for digital mode operation, but YMMV, that is 
just my choice.

73,
Don W3FPR

Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>> As far as I know you can't run N4PY's software without first 
>> purchasing it but there are reviews on eHam.net .
>>     
>
> Be careful in committing to N4PY's software.  Last I knew it 
> was still 16 bit code and would not run with some software and 
> hardwire drivers in Windows 2000/XP/Vista.  Specifically, all 16 
> bit software is not compatible with virtual ports created by the 
> Eltima software library (e.g., microHAM Router) and the most 
> recent USB drivers from several vendors. 
>
> I do not know of any way to determine in advance if your 
> particular system will support 16-bit (Windows 3.1) software. 
> Most authors converted to 32 bit programming models when 
> Windows 95 was released and Microsoft is reported to be 
> eliminating 16 bit support completely in the 64 bit versions 
> of Vista/XP.
>
> 73, 
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV 
>   
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