[Elecraft] K3 Production Firmware Release (3.63)

[John Buck]

I was able to download the latest production software using the latest 
K3 utility version 1.2.10.27:

Start the K3 utility with the K3 connected.
Press the default button to change the window to to the original 
location (it had been set to my beta folder).
Check the box for copy new files from Elecraft into the local folder.
Then press the Check Versions Now button.

I did not proceed to the Send All Firmware to K3 button as I already had 
updated my K3 from the beta site.

I have not had problems downloading from the site or to the K3.  However 
I do respect the advice to not do anything else in the background while 
doing the K3 update.  I have used 2 different USB adapters including one 
from Radio Shack without problems both on my HP multimedia XP SP3 home 
computer and on an older Averatec laptop.  I also frequently use a multi 
port Serial I/O card in direct connection the the K3 without problems on 
the home computer.

Version 3.63 with K3 100W and Steppir DB 36 made 550 contacts, 75 of 80 
sections, in 17 hours of operating from Hawaii on 15, 20, and 40 meters 
in the last weekend phone sweepstakes.  I thought it did very well.  
However, the operator (me) could use an upgrade.  I was too busy running 
stations to bother making a faster DVR recording for the Alpha, KH7T, 
53, Pacific exchange.  My voice nearly gave out just saying the other 
stations calls and serial numbers.

Aloha,
John KH7T