But on an EEINIT it may get set back to ON under 5.26. That won't happen under 5.29.
Wayne N6KR On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:14 AM, Mike Harris <mike.har...@horizon.co.fk> wrote: > K3 #1400 with 5.26 > > CONFIG:EXT ALC Set to OFF t-4.0. Changed it to ON t-5.0 and cycled power, > still ON t-5.0. > > Restored to OFF t-4.0 and after power cycle still OFF t-4.0. > > So #1400 under 5.26 is behaving as it should here. > > Regards, > > Mike VP8NO > > > On 25/06/2015 23:25, Paul Kirley 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
