[Elecraft] K3: Firmware 4.48 release - stable, in use?

[Dave New, N8SBE]

Use Larry's N8LP LP-Bridge to intermediate:
http://www.telepostinc.com/LPB.html

I had been using it prior to getting my P3, so I could share HRD or N1MM
with the PowerSDR/IF program and Larry's LP-Pan, and never had any AGC
issues with the K3.

When I dropped usage of Larry's LP-Pan for the P3, I tried running HRD
'bare' with the K3, and found pretty quickly that was a no-go.

I found that if I launch LP-Bridge first, then connect HRD via
LP-Bridge, I haven't had any issues.  LP-Bridge caches the K3 state and
hands it out to all comers, including HRD.  Apparently, LP-Bridge is not
fazed by HRD's manhandling.

I tried to discuss HRD's fast polling rate on a local repeater one day
after week, and was essentially told to go pound sand.  There seems to
be a *lot* of HRD apologists out there...

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Firmware 4.48 release - stable, in use?
> From: N5GE <Lists at n5ge.com>
> Date: Thu, March 29, 2012 8:19 am
> To: John K3TN <jpescatore at aol.com>
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
>
> No problems that I'm aware of and I've used it since it was beta.
>
> I'm a retired IT developer so I understand your feelings about beta stuff, but
> I've never had a problem with the K3 betas.  I just make sure I save the current
> configuration of the K3 before updating the firmware.
>
> Regarding HRD, I used to use it, but found that it was causing a lot of trouble
> with the K3.  There have been several threads here regarding the K3, mostly
> regarding what you mentioned and it seems that HRD poles the K3 so fast that it
> causes trouble in the areas you mentioned.  I've written my own application for
> the K3 and use events to get rig state rather than polling.
>
> 73,
>
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>
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:19:52 -0700 (PDT), John K3TN <jpescatore at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >I work in Internet security and have an ingrained bias against using any beta
> >software. However, I use the HRD software that occasionally zaps my K3 AGC
> >settings, and putting a P3 inline seems to have exacerbated the problem. Not
> >fun when AGC gets turned off on strong signals...
> >
> >It looks like beta version 4.48 of the K3 firmware should help and it seems
> >to have been out for quite some time. Any issues with moving to 4.48?
> >
> >Thanks, John K3TN
>
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