[Elecraft] K3S bug in FW Beta 5.46 Keyer Memories

[Mike Harris]

And where is Beta 5.46 hidden? Some of us like to live on the edge.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

On 25/05/2016 10:35, Jim Sheldon wrote:
> Just found a bug in the keyer memories when programming for PSK/RTTY.
> The memory loads fine until you send the ..__ (IM) character to
> terminate transmission and then it locks up as if you had a constant
> "key down" with a hand key.  I was programming memory 4 to call CQ on
> RTTY when I discovered this.  I tried the other memories and got the
> same results.  It never did this on the K3 I used to have so I don't
> know if it's unique to the K3S or whether it does this on the K3 as well.
>
> Whoever is handling the FW for the K3/K3S might want to take a look at
> this as it could get annoying.  The anomaly only shows up when
> programming the memories, not when sending direct with the paddles and
> the IM character does terminate transmission as it should.  It just
> causes the keyer to hang when the IM character is sent during memory
> programming.
>
> Anyone Else notice this?  (Can't be RFI as there is no RF output during
> CW memory programming).  Can't call Support as they don't give any help
> on Beta FW.
>
> Jim - W0EB