I have done almost every update to my Elecraft equipment; usually within a couple of days after the beta release. I have never had a pronlem with the update nor ever rolled back! I use a generic Prolific USB serial interface through my P3 (except early in the P3's life). I have never had an issue updating SN#2412! 73 Happy New Year George AI4VZ
Mike K2MK <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Bill, > >I think there's over 7000 K3s out there. There's really only a handful of >folks writing in about firmware load problems but then there are dozens of >replies and meanderings from that one posting. This makes the situation look >worse than it is. > >Good sense is required as with everything else. The need for a EEINIT is >probably never required if the recovery steps followed in the K3 Utility >Help File are followed. Cancellation of downloads mid-process always causes >difficulties. Using laptops on battery only has been stated as problematic. >Not having a configuration backup has been stressed. So with this >information available there should be no reason to shy away from future >downloads. > >73, >Mike K2MK > > >Bill Clarke wrote >> Reading about the problems involving upgrading the firmware, resets, >> calibrations, etc. - makes me think that I won't be "upgrading" here. My >> K3 is running just fine - so why would I want to mess with it? >> >> Bill W2BLC > > > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Problem-Firmware-and-K3-tp7567693p7567703.html >Sent from the Elecraft 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
