Hi Paul, Yes -- I highly recommend using rev. 5.29 for this reason. I meant to post on this earlier.
73, Wayne N6KR On Jun 25, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Paul Kirley <pkir...@fuse.net> wrote: > My K3 serial number is 1322; it is of 2008 vintage. I loaded beta 5.26 > firmware because I installed a newly purchased KXV3B transverter/preamp > board. > > Today I noticed that new firmware version 5.29 was available. When I > read the release notes, it looked like the release would not affect my > old K3, only newly minted K3S rigs. > > But when I checked CONFIG:EXT ALC under version 5.26, I found the > setting to be ON t-5.5. I changed this to OFF t-4.0, the default > according to the K3 manual. (Numeric keypad 1 toggles between ON and > OFF, although the manual isn't specific.) > > Then I cycled the power on my K3, a normal shutdown and startup. > Sadly, CONFIG:EXT ALC was back to ON t-5.5. > > At that point, I decided that I had better install firmware version > 5.29. After its installation, I found the default CONFIG:EXT ALC > setting, which persisted after power cycling. This is my preferred > setting, as I have nothing capable of more than 100 watts. > > I also tested my K3 to see if version 5.29 would incorrectly reset a > non-default CONFIG:EXT ALC back to the default after power cycling, but > that problem did not occur. > > Anyone who has loaded firmware version 5.26 would do well to replace it > with version 5.29 and then to check CONFIG:EXT ALC for his preferred > value. > > Incidentally, I also looked at CONFIG:ADC REF, which I vaguely recalled > setting some time back. It showed the non-default value 4.94 under > both firmware versions 5.26 and 5.29, which caused me no concern. > > 73, Paul W8TM > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
