[Elecraft] New K3/K3S Beta Firmware, rev. 5.26: Support for K3S and upgraded modules

[David Cole]

Well said Phil!
-- 
Thanks and 73's,
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On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 08:04 -0700, Phil Wheeler wrote:
> I really am not looking for opinions or comments 
> on the social benefits of beta testing. As a 
> former manager of space system software programs 
> and a current beta tester of computer operating 
> systems, I do understand the purpose of beta testing.
> 
> My question was to Wayne and Elecraft, specifically:
> 
> "Is there any reason a K3 needs this version for 
> improved performance, functionality, etc.?"
> 
> I didn't purchase my Elecraft products to 
> contribute to the greater good. Nor do I plan to 
> spend time loading software from which I will see 
> a change only if there was a problem in that 
> particular beta version (which has happened).
> 
> Phil W7OX
> 
> On 5/20/15 7:49 AM, Bayard Coolidge, N1HO wrote:
> > Professional software QC engineers refer to
> >
> > this as "regression testing", to ensure that
> >
> > the software involved continues to operate as
> >
> > it did in the previous release as tested/released
> >
> > on the available hardware at that time.
> >
> >
> > There are no documented changes for the K3, 
> > therefore
> >
> > you should not see any difference in the 
> > behavior of a
> >
> > K3 when testing this beta firmware on it.
> >
> >
> > If you do not wish to test a beta deployment of an
> >
> > upcoming firmware release, then don't install 
> > and test it.
> >
> >
> > If you'd like to help Elecraft verify that the 
> > changes made
> >
> > to the firmware behave as expected, then I'm 
> > sure they'd
> >
> > appreciate it if you'd install it and try it out.
> >
> >
> > I just wish Yahoo! would do the same thing for 
> > its mail software!
> >
> > (I continually see problems in the formatting of 
> > my posts
> >
> > the list from my Yahoo! web account; please bear 
> > with me/it)
> >
> >
> > 73 de N1HO
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com>
> > Is there any reason a K3 needs this version for
> > improved performance, functionality, etc.?
> >
> >
> 
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