[Elecraft] K3 Beta F/W Release 3.19 for FD Ops... In case you missed the announcement - VOX

[Gary, VE1RGB]

Say, Tom, nice of you to bring that up.  Gives me the opportunity to segue
into my favourite other relevant K3 feature, added by Wayne at 3.10, to
cater specifically to FD-type situations in the CW tent.  The fix below will
prevent the K3 from keying up at full power if someone innocently boots up
an attached computer while no-one is near the radio, but while some people
are, say, holding on to the partly assembled antenna.  Or your new analyzer
is attached to the transmission line somewhere in line with that RF.

 From change notes:  > >CW VOX OFF BY DEFAULT ON POWER-UP: Some stations
using PC control may inadvertently key the K3 in CW mode on power-up if VOX
CW is  in effect. If this is an issue at your station, locate the CONFIG:CW
WGHT menu entry and tap '4', changing VOX NOR to AUTO  OFF. This will make
CW VOX default to OFF when the K3 is turned on. > >

A third thing a person should consider with the K3 at FD is copying the rig
configuration settings to the FD computer in case someone gets really
adventurous with CONFIG in the dead of the night.

Field Day:  in Canada, an annual event characterised by pre-emptive damage
control.

73,
         Gary, VE1RGB


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Hammond
Sent: June 23, 2009 4:33 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Beta F/W Release 3.19 for FD Ops... In case you
missed the announcement

Folks:

If you're taking your K3 out to Field Day this year, AND especially 
if you're going to have unfamiliar (I call 'em 'fiddley-fingered') 
ops using the rig on SSB (especially), there is a feature recently 
released in BETA firmware release 3.19 which you might be interested in.