To Don and many others who answered my question on-line and offline. I have passed along the special note about having to do the TX calibration to my friend (KE7FB) and he will be doing that.
Thanks for all your expert help. 73, phil, K7PEH > On Oct 1, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Phil, > > He can update the K3 firmware all in one "fell swoop" after downloading the > latest K3 Utility - same for the P3. > > He will have to run the TX Gain Calibration (again using K3 Utility), so he > will need a dummy load that is flat up through 6 meters. > If I recall correctly, the tables that hold the TX Gain data were moved in > one of the firmware upgrades, and that is why he needs to do the TX Gain > Calibration. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 10/1/2016 11:50 AM, Phil Hystad wrote: >> To the K3/P3 utility experts… >> >> A friend of mine, owner of K3/P3, has not updated his K3/P3 firmware, nor >> utility programs, in at least 3 years, possibly 4 years. The loss of his >> antenna, a divorce, and a move from one state to another lead to his long >> downtime. >> >> Now, he is anxious to get back on the air and fire up the old K3/P3. He >> asked me for instructions, I told him the following: >> >> 1. Get the latest versions of the utility programs for the K3 and P3 first. >> >> 2. Only need to update the latest set of software/firmware files since they >> are inclusive of all previous changes. >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
