Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
I commented earlier regarding Windows 10.   If you have ever had a program crash or the computer lock up, then you most likely will have command line fragments on your computer.  Some of these may not cause issues but some may.    To be safe, use a software application to clean and clear the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
Nor any other operating system of any type, past, present or future. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 4/16/2019 1:40 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: We will never, ever put any incarnation of Windows in a radio. Wayne N6KR elecraft.com On Apr 16, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread Ken G Kopp
Whew! Good news! As I set here waiting for a computer tech to arrive and fix my Windows 10 shack computer 73 K0PP On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 13:28 Wayne Burdick wrote: > We will never, ever put any incarnation of Windows in a radio. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > elecraft.com > > > On Apr 16,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread Dauer, Edward
OK, I move to strike my own prior motion. Ted, KN1CBR Edward A. Dauer Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Law University of Denver From: Wayne Burdick Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10 We will never, ever put any incarnation of Windows

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread Wayne Burdick
We will never, ever put any incarnation of Windows in a radio. Wayne N6KR elecraft.com > On Apr 16, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > > PLEASE! No operating system embedded in the radio. Almost like ice cream, > there is more than one flavor. > > As to Windows 10

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
PLEASE! No operating system embedded in the radio. Almost like ice cream, there is more than one flavor. As to Windows 10 updates, configure for automatic, let it do its thing, and don't mess with the parameters. It is so easy and reliable. Don't make it complicated by trying to run it

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread K8TE
It's already possible to use a K3 without a computer. I've done that in the middle of a contest when I had to re-boot my computer. I logged on paper until I had access to the log when I added those contacts. Regarding computer-related problems, having provided on-line and telephone tech support

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-16 Thread Robert Rennard via Elecraft
I believe that putting WIN10 hardware in the radio will be a benefit to the OEM. It will make the radio become obsolete faster and allow more sales for upgrades. Maestro, SunSDR, and Anan MK II radios all have Win10 PCs embedded. Those radios’ embedded PCs are all obsolete already.

[Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

2019-04-15 Thread Dauer, Edward
So, speaking of the K4 . . . When Eric asked a few weeks ago what we might like to have if there were to be a next generation transceiver, near the top of my list was adding whatever it would take to make it unnecessary to connect the transceiver to an outboard computer -- so far as