[Elecraft] Firmware rev. 2.95 available for KX3; supports device for audio SWR reporting

[Bill Rogers W3UL]

Wayne

The SW firmware update is also useful for those using the KX3 in a remote
location.   Many thanks.

I will ask Tom VA2FSQ to adapt Win4K3 so that the SWR can also appear on
that app.

73, Bill W3UL

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 3:47 PM Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Wayne …
>
> Not a biggie, but the release notes posted to the web indicate the date of
> this release as 12-4-2018.  Couple of years off :-)  Nice to see an
> improvement in AM power level management also.
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
> > On Dec 28, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> >
> > KX3 version 2.95 firmware is now available. It supports the "SW;" remote
> control command (read SWR value during transmit).
> >
> > One reason we added support for this command is that Joe, VE3VXO, has
> built a hardware module that polls the rig (using the SW; command) and
> outputs a "recognizable audio pattern proportional to the current VSWR."
> Feel free to contact Joe if you have questions about this. At least one
> blind KX3 operator is already using one.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
>
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73,
William (Bill) Rogers / W3UL
Annapolis, Maryland U.S.A.