[Elecraft] K3 Firmware downloads

[Dick Dievendorff]

My IC-7800 requires that you install each firmware upgrade. 

I believe that ICOM must be using a "delta patch" sort of technology.  The
Elecraft K3 uses a "completely replace" approach.

Those of us who test K3 firmware that hasn't yet been released to customers
need the ability to bounce back and forth between firmware versions.

That's why there is an "Advanced Mode" option on the K3 Utility View menu
which displays check boxes and buttons necessary to load firmware that's
older than the version installed in the radio.  I must load firmware 5 to 10
times a day, and I think the firmware developers may do it much more often
than that.

73 de Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill NY9H [mailto:ny9h at arrl.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:40 AM
To: dieven at msn.com; 'Nelson Wittstock'; Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware downloads

much like other radio/s...
You will not find the necessity of " going back"  to retrieve a stable
version.

None of the changes has had me EVER thinking I wanted to go backwards.

bill.


At 11:57 PM 3/15/2008, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>Each firmware version completely replaces its predecessor. There is no need
>to load each intermediate version, just the most recent available.
>
>Dick, K6KR