[Elecraft] W2 serial command questions

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

>>>>> "Vic" == Vic Rosenthal K2VCO <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> writes:


    Vic> I spoke to an Elecraft employee about bugs in the W2, and he confirmed
    Vic> that there are a number of them and that they are planning to come out
    Vic> with a new version of the firmware at some point (I don't want to say
    Vic> real soon now').

How long ago? Seems firmware hasn't been updated in a while. 

    Vic> The manual IS incorrect about the alarm needing to be turned on each
    Vic> time you power on. In a previous firmware update they made it 'sticky'
    Vic> so that once you enable it, it stays enabled until you turn it off.

Many thanks Vic, I can see that Alarm is saved to eprom. I didn't notice
this during previous tests. 
I guess fixing the manual is easier than fixing the code ;-)

Pf

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Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx