Hi Wayne: I've just purchased a K144XV and will be installing it (probably on Wednesday). If this is not too far out of your projected testing timeframe, I would be happy to try the new firmware.
Thanks, John, N6JW K3 #936, P3 #597 wayne burdick wrote: > > Hi all, > > We've just made a change to the K144XV firmware that dramatically > reduces the incidence of weak receive spurs within the 2-meter band. > Some of our customers who use SSB/CW on 2 meters had pointed these > out, and we traced them to the K144XV's microcontroller (MCU). We now > turn the MCU's crystal oscillator off during receive, letting the MCU > "sleep" until you key the rig, change bands, or cross the 144/146 MHz > boundary. It's working perfectly in our tests. > > If you're using the K144XV for SSB/CW and would be interested in > trying the new firmware, please email me directly (n6kr at elecraft > dot com). > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-s-2-m-module-K144XV-Need-testers-for-major-performance-improvement-tp5596770p5599982.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
