[Elecraft] Reverting from FW 4.83 to the Previous Release Version

[bill conkling]

Yes.  Check the web site download pages and there should be a Archive of earlier releases.

Also check for earlier betas.  Beta with same number as production are same.

...bill

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Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:

>My K3/P3 arrived Friday. I listened a bit, mostly 
>on SSB but some on CW. I don't recall any issues 
>with how it sounded to me.
>
>Yesterday afternoon I finally got around to 
>installing the K3 Utility and P3 Utility on my 
>shack Win 8.1 PC. I discovered that MCU 4.83 had 
>been released and upgraded from the version my K3 
>#8004 was delivered with.  All that went well -- 
>and I noticed that the DSP firmware was updated, 
>too, from msgs on the LCD.
>
>Last night I again listened to more CW and with 
>some settings the audio seemed "different", for 
>lack of a better term. Most likely this is due to 
>my newness to the K3 and some significant hearing 
>impairments (stone deaf in one ear and the "good" 
>one isn't so great), but I'd like to wring it out 
>and see if there is/was a difference.
>
>So I'd like to try installing the previous release 
>version (4.67 or 4.76) on my K3 and do some A-B 
>testing. The problem is that since my K3 came with 
>the earlier version installed, I likely do not 
>have the needed firmware files in my computer to 
>be loaded -- though reading at the Elecraft 
>website it looks possible to do such a reversion 
>if you do have them in your computer
>
>My questions: Are the needed earlier files 
>available for download, and if they are, which 
>files are they and how do I go about telling the 
>K3 utility to load them (I assume it's akin to 
>installing a beta version but as a K3 owner of 48 
>hours I've not had the opportunity to load beta 
>firmware).
>
>73, Phil w7ox
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