I took the latest firmware loader program and files this afternoon. This was the second update to K3 since I built it. Every time I do this, my confidence level increases.
The loader program detects then initiates MCU and DSP files transfer, lights blink at the K3 and then the program says "complete". Some might think - you loaded latest version - so what?. Sure there are new functions, you can see them on the K3 display and try them out for the first time, but everything you like about the K3 still works precisely as it did before the update. (Well). I don't have to wait for the K3 to "boot" when it's turned on, it's instant. And I don't hold my breath while the firmware is loading, it will all get in the radio. (No USB complexity here means no Windoze drivers to deal with). And after the radio has been updated, there is no worry that stuff that was good and important to me has changed in a negative way. Neither has my particular K3 ever required a reboot, I'd have to look in the manual to see how to do it. Sure, that's the way it is supposed to happen but it doesn't by chance, only by hard work and following up on any changes in the firmware with due diligence. Any idea how hard it is to test something when "you were not working in an area that would affect anything else", or the changes were "relatively minor"? That takes time, a test group, and the admission by the coders that they are not perfect, there may have been (something) where a relation to something unseen was not accounted for in the task at hand. No mojo (magic) at Elecraft, it's the hard work that's making the joy of ownership a "10" at this QTH. ;-) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
