[Elecraft] k3 no control

[Joseph McIntire]

Hello,
My name is joe. I have a K3 I think from the beginning of them it is serial# 1050. But I was trying upgrade firmware as it has never been done. Any how I did not realize that the USB to serial cable that came with the radio would no longer work because of outdated drivers. I had tried to down load drivers for the old prolific chip set serial adapter cable I don’t know if I got a bad driver or what happened because I did not realize anything was wrong until hours later. Anyhow I was never able to connect to the radio as far as I could tell. I never got a successful connection test it brought up the available current firmware versions but never displayed what was in the radio or I guess mean gave current to the radio. So when I found out from tech support that cable set would not work and I needed there new one. They said they would send it to me two weeks ago. I guess there no doing much of anything there in CA. but thought that was it for the time being.
Well later that night I turned the radio off and back on. And that’s when it showed it ugly little head. I had absolutely no control with any buttons or knobs. Even the power button would not turn it off. I turned it off and back on. I did it multiple time leave differ time frames between the two. So I take it that the firmware is gone. And at this point I am just hoping I can get it loaded back up when ever I get the new cable. Thank you very much for any advice in advance.

                                                                                                           Joe AB3JN
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