[Elecraft] K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update -- FIXED.

[Rick Prather]

Hmm..  who knows, strange things can happen but I only use the Mac K3 utility and use it to install beta and alpha versions all the time with not hitches.

Rick
K6LE

On 6/14/2010, at 5:32 , Grant Youngman wrote:

> Well, it turned out to be the Mac, or the OS X version of K3 Utility, or some combination of the two that got it's brain frazzled.    At Gary Surrency's suggestion, I snaked USB repeater cables to the radio room from my office, and installed the Windows version of K3 Utility and Keyspan drivers on the desktop.   Firmware update went without a hitch using Windoze, and the radio appears to be none the worse for wear.  No telling what really went awry.
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> But since I've already cabled the antenna ports from the Globe King back to the switch panel, maybe I'll get more use out of the heavy iron while I sit by the keyboard waiting for the KPA500  "order" button to appear :-)   I had a chance to get a good look at both the P3 and KPA500 at Ham-Com over the weekend.  Nice, very very nice.  I'm rearranging the desk so there's room for both, plus at least one more P3 sized box with a 500+ watt  ATU in it.
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> Grant/NQ5T
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