[Elecraft] K3 - Spontaneously changing config?

[Joe Planisky]

I seem to recall a few postings to the list where it seemed that some  
problem was caused by a wrong config setting but the person didn't  
recall explicitly changing the setting.  Since the rig is new to many  
people, my assumption is usually that they inadvertently changed a  
setting while exploring the config menus.  It's easy enough to bump  
the main tuning knob when reaching for the VFO B knob.  Now I'm not so  
sure.

This afternoon I turned on my K3 and was surprised when I hit the band- 
down button and went from 30m to 80m.  Several weeks ago I had locked  
out 60m, but 40m is one of my most used bands (used as recently as  
this morning). I checked the Band Map and sure enough, 40m was OUT.   
Since I haven't been in the config menu for quite a while, I don't  
think there's any way I could have inadvertently changed that  
particular configuration item.   The only thing I've done recently  
besides normal operation is I loaded the latest beta firmware (2.67)  
this morning.  Now I'm wondering if that could have somehow caused  
this configuration change.

Has anyone else noticed inappropriate configuration changes after  
loading new firmware?

73
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Joe KB8AP