[Elecraft] Firmware final?

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Wed Jul 11 22:40:09 EDT 2012


I think the CWT is fine.  I set the threshold on it so that it just flickers
with band noise, and find that at that setting I cans use it to tune signals
that are just above the noise on the P3.

I don't use the CW decode option.

73,
Tom
Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:32:51 -0700, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

>Hi Fred,
>
>We released 4.51 into the wild because of its important AGC  
>improvements -- couldn't wait on that. Sorry for the inconvenience on  
>CW decode and CWT, both of which will be improved in the next release.
>
>Wayne
>
>
>On Jul 11, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>
>> With 4.51, the operation of CWT seems to have changed [possibly in my
>> mind and not in the radio :-)]  The indicator follows band noise
>> somewhat erratically regardless of where I put the CWT threshold  
>> which I
>> think is the same as the CW decode threshold.  On a signal, it will
>> center and follow the signal as I tune.  I used to have it set so only
>> strong noise pulses would make it appear until I was on a signal.  I
>> don't know if it is related to the CW decode or not, but I'm wondering
>> if it is just me.  I don't use the CW decode feature.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW
>> - Northern California Contest Club
>> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
>> - www.cqp.org
>>
>> On 7/11/2012 8:48 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>>> CW decode will be improved in the next release of K3 firmware.
>>> Meanwhile, try using a lower AGC threshold and a narrow filter
>>> bandwidth.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>
>>
>>
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