[Elecraft] new K3 owner (soon I hope)

[Don Wilhelm]

Gary,

It will arrive with firmware loaded, but it is a good idea to download 
the latest firmware as soon as possible so your K3 can be 'up-to-date'.

You can download K3 Utility (this is the firmware loader) at any time 
and go from there.  K3 Utility has several features that may help you in 
setting up your K3 configuration (particularly the filters).  K3 Utility 
and the latest firmware files are available from the Elecraft website.  
The K3 Utility help file can guide you in selecting a folder to hold the 
files on your local computer - it will check and download the latest 
firmware files if you tell it to do that.  All in all, it is an almost 
painless process.

73,
Don W3FPR

Gary Nichols wrote:
> I ordered my new K3 at Dayton which is scheduled for delivery in Sept.  My
> question to the group is:
>
> Will the radio come with some version of software or firmware installed or
> be "dumb as a box of rocks" just out of the box and require some version of
> downloading before it will work at all.  Any "heads up" for when the radio
> arrives would be appreciated.  TIA, de gary, kd9sv
>
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