[Elecraft] KAT500 failure

[Andy Durbin]

"My controller sent a valid command that the KAT500 firmware took exception to.  I'll withhold the details but other KAT500 users will not experience this problem."

Several have asked for more detail.  All I can share is that the command that repeatably caused my KAT500 to lockup does not cause a lockup when KAT firmware version 1.75 (current released version) is in use.

If others are experiencing problems with their KAT500 I'd suggest providing as much detail as possible to Elecraft.  I log every command I sent to my KAT500 so, once I had dismissed thermal failure, it was not difficult to isolate the lockup to a single command and to reproduce the lockup by sending that command with the KAT utility.

Full details have been shared with KAT500 firmware developer.

73,
Andy, k3wyc