[Elecraft] K3 ACL setting for PSK31

[Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM]

Haines Brown wrote:
>>> Also I should note that in my laptop waterfall display, the width is
>>> only about 400. I have for FL1 the 8-pole 2.8K and for FL2 the 8-pole
>>> 400Hz. 
>>>
>> I think that you haven't assigned FL1 the 2.8K filter for data mode in the
>> config menu. I'm not looking at the K3 right now so I can't give you the
>> exact menu, but it's the same steps you should have gone through for SSB and
>> CW.
> 
> It was my impression, based on two sources, that for PSK31, it was
> best to use the 400Hz filter (FL2 in my case), not the 2.8kHz (FL1 in
> my case) filter. Was I wrong? 
> 
> But to check, I went to change to the 2.8 KHz filter for the data
> mode, and so while in data mode, went to the config menu. and changed
> FL2: ON to NO, with the aim of then setting FL1 ON to YES. However,
> the configuration menu does not have FL1, so wasn't able to test
> whether my problem is that I should be using the 2.8 kHz filter.

Even if you press the XFIL button?


>> Don't understand why you can't upgrade the MCU due to running Linux. I
>> didn't think any version of firmware was specific to the host PC OS.
> 
> No, but I assumed that the installation utility might be designed for
> the operating system, and its development for Linux was slower than
> for Windows. 
> 
> When I run the k3util utility and click Copy New Files from Elecraft
> Server, the new files are downloaded to the ~/Elecraft/K3_Firmware
> directory. However, the downloaded files are the MCU 2.46 that came
> with my K3, not the newest firmware, MCU 2.57.
> 
> Any Linux users out there who can explain? 

Nothing to do with Linux. 2.46 is the latest release. For the beta
firmware, you have to go and download it from the FTP site and point
the utility to the location you unzipped it into.

http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_beta_release_instructions.htm

     ~Iain