[Elecraft] W2 serial command questions

[Vic Rosenthal K2VCO]

I can't speak for Elecraft, but the conversation took place in the last 
couple of weeks. I also suggested that they add a "net power" display 
mode (forward - reflected) like the Alpha 4510 and Telepost LP-100A 
wattmeters have, since this more closely approximates what we understand 
as "power output" than forward power whenever the SWR is greater than unity.

On 1/19/2014 9:33 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>>>>>> "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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Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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