[Elecraft] K3 Erratic VFO behaviour, Switching bands and freq's

[Wayne Burdick]

Pete,

This is very baffling, and is most likely firmware issue. I'll discuss it with customer support right away and will be getting back to you with some questions. 

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Sep 23, 2016, at 12:32 AM, G0PNM <pete.sobye at icloud.com> wrote:

> So, the USB/Serial cable arrived yesterday. Last night, I downloaded the
> Utility software and reinstalled the firmware 5.50. All was good, no issues.
> So I decided to try the Beta firmware 5.52 and again no problems and the
> radio behaved normally so I was overjoyed. I sent an email to Elecraft,
> expressing my jubilation that the matter has been resolved.
> Fast forward to this morning. I started work this morning at 0800 but was up
> early so thought I would have a tune around before leaving home. To my
> amazement, the radio behaved as it did before my interventions last night.
> Jumping bands, random relay clicks and the frequency readout displaying
> weird frequencies such as 249Mhz…