[Elecraft] K3 Firmware Uploads

[David Pratt]

>J.A. Wolf, MD, K6JW wrote:
>>
>>    When I try to upload new firmware, I seem to get frequent failures
>> during the FPF load. This has happened both with 3.44 and 3.52. The upload
>> fails at different stages of the FPF load each time, seemingly with no
>> consistency or predictability. With repeated tries, the process finally
>> completes and the remainder of the upload goes without a hitch. Am I alone
>> in this, or is this a problem others have seen?
>>
>>
In a recent message, "Julian, G4ILO" <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com> wrote ...
>It crops up fairly often, with people who use USB to serial adapters. If you
>have a desktop PC, consider purchasing a PCI serial board to give yourself a
>real serial port.

Desktop owners may not even need to buy a PCI board as most motherboards 
already have a serial connection.  All is needed is a 10-pin header to 
feed the port to D-9 plug on a back plate.  It often puzzles me as to 
why so many people need to get a USB to serial adapter when all is 
needed is a bit of simple electronics.  Perhaps this is beyond many of 
today's radio amateurs ;-(

Of course, if a laptop/notebook computer is being used maybe an adapter 
is the only way.

73
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David G4DMP
Leeds, England, UK
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