[Elecraft] K3 Firmware 4.58 - Problem using K144XV

Fred Smith mfsj at mo-net.com
Sat Nov 17 06:57:05 EST 2012


Sorry Chuck I saw that also and I thought you meant the Beta main release my
bad your post is what kept me from downloading it. Fingers before brain this
morning, I am glad you brought that bug up.

Fred/N0AZZ

-----Original Message-----
From: hawley, charles j jr [mailto:c-hawley at illinois.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 5:33 AM
To: Fred Smith
Cc: Wayne Burdick; Geoffrey Downs; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware 4.58 - Problem using K144XV

Well it had a bug as to the K144XV use and Wayne said he just fixed it
yesterday...so I was waiting to update.

Sent from my iPad
Chuck, KE9UW
(Jack for BMW motorcycles)

On Nov 17, 2012, at 5:28 AM, "Fred Smith" <mfsj at mo-net.com> wrote:

> Yes it has Wayne posted it a day or 2 ago it was ready.
> 
> 73,
> Fred/N0AZZ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of hawley, charles 
> j jr
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 5:23 AM
> To: Wayne Burdick
> Cc: Geoffrey Downs; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware 4.58 - Problem using K144XV
> 
> Has the revised beta been published yet on the web site?
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> Chuck, KE9UW
> (Jack for BMW motorcycles)
> 
> On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:08 AM, "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just fixed this and will send you the new firmware to test. It 
>> should be up on the web site later today.
>> 
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 16, 2012, at 12:56 AM, Geoffrey Downs wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes my K3/K144XV does the same. When it showed 181 MHz on the VFO A 
>>> display (after entering 145) ERR PL1 also appeared briefly on the 
>>> VFO B display.
>>> Then, after using the bandswitch to go to 2m the VFO A display 
>>> started with
>>> 144.000 MHz but on subsequent visits to 2m via the bandswitch it 
>>> stayed where I had left it, as normal, and did not revert to 144.000 
>>> MHz
>>> 
>>> 73 to all
>>> Geoff
>>> G3UCK
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Lothar Sack
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:58 PM
>>> 
>>> I am using my K3 with the internal transverter K144XV. Today I 
>>> installed the (beta) Firmware 4.58.
>>> My problem: Entering any 2m- QRG, e.g. 144.300 by pushing on the 
>>> front panel "FREQ ENT" 1 4 4 . 3 0 0 "ENTER (AFX)" results in 
>>> changing the K3 to
>>> 180.300 MHz
>>> e.g. 145.525 results in 181.525 MHz ...
>>> Always exactly 36 MHz too much! Also when entering QRGs by my 
>>> contesting software via RS232...
>>> The only way to activate 2m is using the bandswitch-button - then my
>>> K3
>>> starts with 144.000 MHz.
>>> 
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