[Elecraft] K3 4.81 beta anomally

[Fred Jensen]

I'll let Don's comments re: "Equipment Investment" stand, I can't 
improve on them.  I believe Don is right when it comes to beta releases. 
  Having been on the receiving end of "user issues" with beta releases, 
we finally limited them to a small, fairly tight group who would hash 
out an anomaly and the conditions under which it could be produced [or 
not produced] before they came to us.  From them, we got actionable 
information.  From the general user population, we got "data" that was 
more related to their state of mind coming to work that morning than 
anything relating to reality for them with the product.  There's a huge 
difference between "data" and "information."

My K3, KAT500, KPA500, and P3 work, I'm happy with them and they are NOT 
even at current production FW releases.  I do look carefully at the 
Release Notes to decide if I care about the changes.  Eventually, 
something will come along that I DO care about, and I'll get all the 
past changes too.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 2/8/2014 3:57 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> It sounds like you want all beta version anomalies to be aired publicly
> - I disagree, they would be properly aired among those who volunteered
> to engage in the beta test, but are not relevant to the entire user
> community, most of whom will be running the production firmware level.