[Elecraft] K3 Firmware downloads

[Bruce Bowman]

Related to this, what is the action of the Configuration Save feature in 
the K3 Utility? Can a configuration saved from an earlier f/w level be 
applied to a current/different f/w level? or do you have to keep 
configurations matched to the f/w? Is any f/w code saved as part of the 
configuration?

Bruce, NM5B
Santa Fe, NM



> 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
>
>
>
>
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