Mine is s/n 192, received it as a kit in January 2008. No problem here. 73 Glenn ON4WIX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 New fw loader
> > > Don, > >> The date of manufacture (or shipment) is a much better indicator >> of vintage for K3s during that backlog period. >> >> Mine is of the December 2007 vintage and it has the same behavior >> as Brian's which is June '08. It would appear that many earlier >> K3s do not > > My first unit is between yours an Brian's ... I can't see the > failure as date of manufacture related. S/N 622 was a kit - > staged in the factory in early April 2008 and received almost > exactly one year ago. > > However, out of curiosity, I connected the second K3 (S/N 1450 - > kit, manufactured in August 2008) and updated its firmware. The > second unit exhibits the "failure." Both units have identical > options and all settings are as nearly identical as I can make > them from memory. The "failure" will be a real PITA for RTTY > operator unless one is using AFSK with a non-standard mark > frequency! > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm >> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:07 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 New fw loader >> >> >> Joe and all, >> >> It seems much of Elecraft has gone to Visalia for the >> weekend, so we may >> not get any further ideas until they return. >> >> The serial number is not the best indicator of the K3 vintage until >> after the extreme backlog was cleared last year. If you >> recall, factory >> assembled K3s spent longer at Aptos than the kits, and serial numbers >> were pre-assigned at the time the order was pulled. The date of >> manufacture (or shipment) is a much better indicator of >> vintage for K3s >> during that backlog period. >> >> Mine is of the December 2007 vintage and it has the same behavior as >> Brian's which is June '08. It would appear that many earlier >> K3s do not >> display the same behavior. >> >> *If* the Data mode is stored in EEPROM, then I do have a good >> guess for >> the source, but we will have to wait on Wayne and Lyle for that >> information - patience is good, the problem has been >> identified and it >> will not be ignored. >> >> Many thanks to Brian for spotting this. My data mode stays in DATA A >> normally so I for one would not have noticed in normal operation. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: >> >> Perhaps if we knew which S/N's are involved that might also >> >> help unravel what's going on. >> >> >> >> Mine is #1129. Another reported his #980 had it. W3FPR is >> >> seeing it also. I believe he has an even older K3. >> >> >> > >> > I don't understand it either ... I've been TRYING to duplicate >> > the symptoms and can't make the rig come up in anything except >> > FSK D when that's where it was set. S/N is 622 but I've heard >> > of "failures" with both higher and lower s/n. >> > >> > 73, >> > >> > ... Joe, W4TV >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Brian Alsop [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 6:36 AM >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 New fw loader >> >> >> >> >> >> Joe, >> >> >> >> There has to be a common failure mode for those of us >> >> experiencing this. >> >> >> >> Rumors have it that some EEPROMs are slow to write for series >> >> of boards. >> >> >> >> Perhaps if we knew which S/N's are involved that might also >> >> help unravel >> >> what's going on. >> >> >> >> Mine is #1129. Another reported his #980 had it. W3FPR is >> >> seeing it >> >> also. I believe he has an even older K3. >> >> >> >> The odd thing is that whatever triggered this, can't be >> >> cured by going >> >> back to older FW versions and older FW loaders. >> >> It's like an EEPROM memory bit is bad or not being written on >> >> shutdown.. >> >> Behaves like what you get when turning off power supply >> rather than >> >> the K3 power switch. >> >> >> >> A mystery indeed. >> >> >> >> 73 de Brian/K3KO >> >> >> >> Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> Strange ... I'm also running 3.10 loaded with the new utility. I >> >>> loaded 3.10, DSP1 2.15, DSP2, 2.15, FP 1.00 and the data tables >> >>> twice. Power was cycled power between the two uploads. >> >>> >> >>> I have not checked the second K3 ... it's offline at the moment >> >>> waiting for me to make a couple of the updates. >> >>> >> >>> 73, >> >>> >> >>> ... 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