Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Rick NK7I
Your point continues to be repeated (and it’s become a tiresome and annoying whine). However it remains that the Elecraft code is proprietary, just as most radio manufacturers code, name most any brand. Ditto car engine computer code (gas, diesel, hybrid or battery), computer program

Re: [Elecraft] XG3 battery level indicator

2020-11-25 Thread Jim Rhodes
Slow flash of the 0 dBm LED. On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 10:42 PM Robert G Strickland via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > What is the indication that the XG3 battery is low? > ...robert > -- > Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY > rc...@verizon.net.usa > Syracuse, New York, USA > >

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Tim Neu
The point on Moore's law is taken. But the options aren't just limited to Elecraft doing more work on older radios or no updates at all (or supporting the old radios to the detriment of the new) Many software development projects now are community based and although radio firmware may be more

[Elecraft] XG3 battery level indicator

2020-11-25 Thread Robert G Strickland via Elecraft
What is the indication that the XG3 battery is low? ...robert -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] ARRL Handbook 2021

2020-11-25 Thread István Szabó
No solution in EU, finally ARRL HQ helped me out. Great support. Thank you for everyone for the ideas. 73, István HA4ZD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Sunspots!?!?

2020-11-25 Thread Ted Edwards W3TB
Or turn the RF Gain down... On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 18:45 Dave Cole wrote: > One can always use the built in attenuator... > > 73, and thanks, > Dave (NK7Z) > https://www.nk7z.net > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Buddy Brannan
They also released a whole new radio, the ‘590SG not long after the original ‘590S. The K3 didn’t have a replacement upgrade like that, meaning the K3 to theK3s, for something like 10 years, and they even gave an upgrade path to make the K3 very close in performance to the K3s. No such for the

Re: [Elecraft] Sunspots!?!?

2020-11-25 Thread Dave Cole
One can always use the built in attenuator... 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources On 11/25/20 4:27 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Doug, I lived through cycle 19 of the sunspot

Re: [Elecraft] Sunspots!?!?

2020-11-25 Thread Mike Morrow
I've been a ham since before the solar peak of cycle 20, more than 50 years ago. I used a K1 with its simple SA612 front end during the peak activity for cycle 23 and 24. The problem that you have conjured is non-existent for practical proposes. There is nothing but joy to be had with any

Re: [Elecraft] Sunspots!?!?

2020-11-25 Thread Don Wilhelm
Doug, I lived through cycle 19 of the sunspot signals, and did not find any problem with receiver overloading at that time. We did not have the Elecraft gear at that time, but what we had was not up to the performance/protection that is typical for Elecraft. Receivers have gotten much

Re: [Elecraft] Sunspots!?!?

2020-11-25 Thread Fred Jensen
I think they'll work exactly the way they do now. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 11/25/2020 3:52 PM, Douglas Hagerman via Elecraft wrote: If, by some miracle, the sunspot count were to eventually jump up to a really high level, as was the case in around 2002, or

Re: [Elecraft] Sunspots!?!?

2020-11-25 Thread Wayne Burdick
> Douglas Hagerman wrote: > > If, by some miracle, the sunspot count were to eventually jump up to a really > high level, as was the case in around 2002, or even better in 1959, how would > the various Elecraft receivers work? I’m specifically interested in the K1 > and K2, but in general, is

[Elecraft] Sunspots!?!?

2020-11-25 Thread Douglas Hagerman via Elecraft
If, by some miracle, the sunspot count were to eventually jump up to a really high level, as was the case in around 2002, or even better in 1959, how would the various Elecraft receivers work? I’m specifically interested in the K1 and K2, but in general, is there a realistic problem with

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Rick NK7I
And yet the TS-590 still has unfixed design flaws (overshoot being one of the worst) without sending it to an authorized shop, taking weeks. It was MONTHS before that firmware was updated (since originally reported).  I find the reaction time for updates with Elecraft to be more responsive. 

[Elecraft] K3 FT8 Levels Sanity Check

2020-11-25 Thread Joseph M. Durnal
It has been a while since the K3 has done anything but CW. Running a temporary station at my grandmother's for the week and thought I'd run some FT8 in the background. IIRC you want 4 bars of ALC with the 5th flashing. Here are my settings: Windows Sound Device Settings (KIO3B sound card) =

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread w...@w2xj.net
For large companies there is still the cost factor. Could that person otherwise be doing something more profitable. Remember who really runs those companies. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 25, 2020, at 12:40 PM, Neil Zampella wrote: > > Of course, as mentioned previously in this thread, large

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Neil Zampella
Of course, as mentioned previously in this thread, large companies have funds that they can invest in personnel to do the development, so I would expect that Kenwood would be able to assign personnel quickly to handle such issues. Neil, KN3ILZ On 11/25/2020 10:25 AM, Andy Durbin wrote: "Name

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Walter Underwood
It would be nice to see the two remaining “not implemented” features appear in the KX3, especially S-meter absolute mode. I’m not sure there is much demand for addressing multiple transverters.

[Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Andy Durbin
"Name any other company that gives you FREE firmware updates in real time (not months later like Icom or never like most others) until the issues are resolved to the user satisfaction; or that ADD features previously unavailable." Kenwood! Kenwood has released firmware updates for TS-590S

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Rick Tavan
The point of a new radio is not the full feature list but *what it does for you* in your current and desired-future operating conditions. Very few of us take full advantage of every bell and whistle, but newer radios do tend to enhance whatever experiences most amateurs seek. This applies not only

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread Rick Bates, NK7I
Well that IS rather condescending. I would take a different view, that MOST of the hams using Elecraft use MOST of the features on a regular basis but because the features are designed well, the user doesn't NEED to fiddle about (or understand the precise ways they work).  One of the

Re: [Elecraft] Firmware development

2020-11-25 Thread David Wilcox via Elecraft
I would venture to say that most hams (especially those recently licensed) don’t and can’t utilize all the features of even an older K3, let alone one with all the enhancements. The K4 is so far beyond the “average” ham in its ability that unless you are an electronics guru with an EE you