[Elecraft] K3 capabilities

[Don Wilhelm]

Fred,

I would encourage you to go ahead and upgrade.  Those things you have 
already learned about have not been changed (unless they did not work 
right before).  You do not have to use the new functions that have been 
added unless you want to.

Should you find something that worked in a prior version and now does 
not work, please report that.  The firmware field testers try to check 
each new release out before you see it (even in Beta form), but we are 
not 100% all the time and we need the input from the general K3 population.

73,
Don W3FPR

Fred Jensen wrote:
> I'm sort of with you Julian.  With so much functionality located in 
> the software, Elecraft could tweak everything essentially forever and 
> probably not satisfy every thing that every person wants.  I'm a bit 
> reluctant to upgrade the firmware on my K3 because I'm just getting to 
> know it and tracking the firmware functional changes takes a lot of time.
>
> It seems to me there are three categories of firmware changes:
>
> Bug fixes:  "It didn't do what was planned, but now it does"
>
> Additions:  "This wasn't implemented in previous versions, so the knob 
> didn't do anything, but now it does."
>
> Changes:  "Memories didn't remember the power level, but now they do 
> and Oh yes, you can now tune them."
>
> Bug fixes are great, nothing to unlearn or learn, it just works now. 
> Additions are great, I wasn't using the function anyway since it 
> wasn't implemented.  Nothing to unlearn, something new to learn [and I 
> can ignore it or defer learning it if I choose], but all the rest 
> works as it did.
>
> It's the Changes that scare me.  Something worked one way and I'm used 
> to it, and now it works another way.  Something to unlearn, something 
> to learn, and I have to figure out if it is going to affect the way I 
> use the radio.  I'm not at all sure I want tunable memories [every 
> memory is in effect a VFO].  Two VFO's and a bunch of memories works 
> great for me, and I can generally keep track of which VFO I'm on at 
> the moment.
>
> Then of course, younger folks may have no problem with this ... I can 
> remember when dirt was young :-)
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
>