Thanks. Guess I'll use the serial cable. Not worth the risk of failure. John K8WDN
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:08 PM To: 'John Gaynard'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 firmware upgrade via Microham MKII > Can the Microham MKII be used to do the K3 Firmware upgrade. No. You might get lucky with a complicated set-up; set Radio to "No Radio," use only one CAT port, set the K3 to 38,400 bps and set the K3 Utility to "keep speed at 38,400 bps. However, the chance of errors is so high that it is not worth the risk. I keep a real serial port/cable handy for firmware updates and I've still had intermittent upload failures. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Gaynard > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 firmware upgrade via Microham MKII > > > Can the Microham MKII be used to do the K3 Firmware upgrade. > I know it was possible but after the loader was originally > upgraded there was a possible glitch that would cause the > firmware load to fail. My firmware is at 2.38 and I think it > is time to come out of the Dark Ages once again. > > > > John > > K8WDN K3 #157 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
