[Elecraft] Transferring Configuration to another K3

[Dick Dievendorff]

The XML files written and read by the K3 Frequency Memory Editor can be used
for both the K3 and KX3 and can be used to copy frequency memories from K3
to KX3 and KX3 to K3.

73 de Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 6:45 AM
To: Richard Squire - HB9ANM
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Transferring Configuration to another K3

I examined the config files for both K3 and KX3.  They're both similar in
that each contains human-readable storage cell contents.  KX3 is done
line-by-line with 16 or 32 bytes of stored config per line, and the K3 file
shows one line per byte of stored config info.  They're not compatible,
which makes sense if you think about it.  The content (regardless of format)
is also not compatible to a large extent; they're two different radio
architectures and cal data is mostly different between them.

Memory files are a different matter entirely.  These are written to file as
XML, so they're an abstraction rather than the radio's stored contents
cell-by-cell.  I don't know if Dick made them compatible between radios, but
I suspect he did (he may care to comment, and may have already done so).
Since we have a common K3/KX3 memory utility now, all that makes sense - the
common format.  The storage abstraction between the two radios seems to be
identical (100 regular memories, per-band quick memories, transverter
memories).  So memory files between the KX3 and K3 ought to be compatible,
and portable between rigs of same or different type.

Maybe one of the Elecraft gang will clear this up.

73,
matt W6NIA









On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:40:25 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>That was not quite the idea "between the lines", Holger, but you are 
>right: I was only thinking of my two K3's which are software- and 
>hardwarewise 100% identical. Otherwise, I wouldn't have tried to 
>configure a transceiver with different options installed.
>Thanks for pointing that out and thanks to all who responded.
>
>73
>Richard
>
>
>
>-----
>Richard - HB9ANM
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