[Elecraft] W2

[Brian Broggie]

Hi, Richard!

You will be pleased to find we have released W2 Firmware rev 0.91, an 
easily download with our "Elecraft W2 Utility" program.  The purpose of 
this release is to address exactly the two items you mentioned, the 
erratic Pk-Hold LED, and the SWR display error.

Please feel free to update your W2 as soon as time permits and let us 
know how it works out for you.

Brian, W6FVI
W2 Firmware Engineer
Elecraft, Inc.


Richard Squire - HB9ANM wrote:
> Assembling the W2 took less than an hour (coffee break included). Everything
> fits together nicely (as usual with Elecraft). And loading Rev 0.90 today
> went smoothly.
>
> The accuracy is quite satisfactory as checked against my Bird 43 (which,
> admittedly, has not been calibrated for some time but I'm quite happy with
> +/-5% which nobody will notice on his S-meter anyway!).
> It appears that the PK HOLD function, though very convenient and reliable in
> manual mode, behaves erratically in AUTO mode, always going back to "1" or
> "2"...
>
> Further, the SWR meter will never show 1.0, the 1.1 LED stays on, whatever I
> do and even though the K3's meter shows 1:1.0 – even on a dummy load (no,
> I'm not an SWR addict! But I just wonder why…)
> I guess these minor issues will be dealt with in some future release...
>
> Thanks, Elecraft, for another very nice product!
> Richard – HB9ANM
>
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> Richard - HB9ANM
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