[Elecraft] New K3/KPA500/KAT500 beta firmware: KAT500 tracking of K3 VFO & other improvements

[Wayne Burdick]

On Feb 13, 2014, at 6:33 PM, mcduffie at ag0n.net wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:43:33 -0800, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> 
>> The K3, KPA500, and KAT500 all have new beta firmware releases available.
>> All three must be updated to take advantage of these major improvements to
>> the KAT500 and KPA500. All known problems with unwanted re-tuning and
>> faults have been fixed. 
> 
> Wayne,
> 
> Can you give us the rundown on how much, if any, improvement those of us who use
> a non-E radio should see when using the KAT/KPA500 combo?  Are there any
> enhancements we will see with these firmware updates?  I have seen some random
> retuning for what seemed like no good reason.  For that reason, I run in manual
> mode after making sure it is tuned right for where I am in the bands.

All of the problems with retuning that we know of have been corrected, regardless of transceiver type.


> 
> Any special procedures for us?  I probably won't do the updates until they are
> non-beta, but would like to know what's coming.

Just install the KPA500 and KAT500 updates, and skip the "Optional" sections I described in my email.

73,
Wayne
N6KR