Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level
Why are we using the term microcode here? When I think of microcode, I think of the code within a cpu that takes the machine code from outside the processor and turns it into the signals that move and manipulate the data within the processor, turning on and off registers and paths. When I think of firmware within a device such as an SDR, I am still thinking along the lines of machine code that is outside of some processor. 72 - john - n0hj __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level
Is there any problem "jumping " from my current level to the newest? Thanks Guys, I should have known but somehow I thought I had to upgrade to load new levels because of the synthesizers. So glad to hear that and this one will be quite an upgrade from maybe a couple of years ago. I just made 1200 contacts with it in the previous 9 days for Route 66 On-The-Air Special Event and it worked just fine like it always dd. Heard from another person who was listening to me and didn't understand how I could hear some and he couldn't. I told him it was spelled K3. Last year 2387 and the previous year 2606 in the 9 days. Had personal stuff in the way this year. Radio works FINE. Will start with a new K3 Utility and go from there. Thanks all, 73, Jim KG0KP W6P(annually) -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:donw...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 6:52 PM To: Jim Miller; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level Jim, Go ahead and update your K3 with the latest level firmware! K3 Utility has the capability to interrogate your K3 and determine which modules are to be loaded. Yes, there are K3S unique firmware modules, but K3 Utility sorts all that out so you get the latest for your K3 configuration. The firmware is "backwards compatible" - the K3 is not obsolete nor "old school". Elecraft would not remove firmware upgrade support without notice - consider that the legacy gear is still being supported - the K2, K1, and KX1 - that is witness to the Elecraft support for all customers, new or old. The first K2s were produced in 1998 and are still going strong and even those first K2s are capable of being upgraded with mod kits to be equal to the latest K2 being shipped (with some minor exceptions). I think this is an example of the kind of support you will receive from Elecraft in the future. 73, Don W3FPR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level
Jim, Go ahead and update your K3 with the latest level firmware! K3 Utility has the capability to interrogate your K3 and determine which modules are to be loaded. Yes, there are K3S unique firmware modules, but K3 Utility sorts all that out so you get the latest for your K3 configuration. The firmware is "backwards compatible" - the K3 is not obsolete nor "old school". Elecraft would not remove firmware upgrade support without notice - consider that the legacy gear is still being supported - the K2, K1, and KX1 - that is witness to the Elecraft support for all customers, new or old. The first K2s were produced in 1998 and are still going strong and even those first K2s are capable of being upgraded with mod kits to be equal to the latest K2 being shipped (with some minor exceptions). I think this is an example of the kind of support you will receive from Elecraft in the future. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/20/2016 11:47 AM, Jim Miller wrote: I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date with all the mods until then. I remember seeing that I could not load some level unless I had the new synth boards. I suspect I cannot load any more code updates after that. Does the code yet recognize where I am and load the latest code applicable to my level? Am I locked into a "latest level for my machine"? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level
Everything is backwards compatible. Features you don't have just won't work. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date > with all the mods until then. I remember seeing that I could not load some > level unless I had the new synth boards. I suspect I cannot load any more > code updates after that. > > > > Does the code yet recognize where I am and load the latest code applicable > to my level? > > > > Am I locked into a "latest level for my machine"? > > > > What is that level? > > > > Can I still get it if I am not totally up to date? > > > > Love my machine - I (me, myself, only me, etc.) have made over 1 > contacts in the last 5 years of W6P Special Event 9 days periods and I am > not a contest person. This is my favorite event of all. I actually cannot > get on my radio very often and not for very long but do everything I can to > play with my K3 as W6P during Route 66 On-The-Air. > > > > 73, Jim KG0KP, K3 1442 since new > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@widomaker.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 - am I locked into a specific microcode level
This is not true. The K3/K3S firmware is designed to determine which modules are installed in your K3/K3S and use what it finds. There is no “lock-in”, you can use the latest code in your K3 (as I and many others do). To put it another way, we did not obsolete the K3. It is great radio and continues to improve with each firmware release. Jack Brindle, W6FB > On Sep 20, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > I have not installed any of the K3S lookalike modules but was up to date > with all the mods until then. I remember seeing that I could not load some > level unless I had the new synth boards. I suspect I cannot load any more > code updates after that. > > > > Does the code yet recognize where I am and load the latest code applicable > to my level? > > > > Am I locked into a "latest level for my machine"? > > > > What is that level? > > > > Can I still get it if I am not totally up to date? > > > > Love my machine - I (me, myself, only me, etc.) have made over 1 > contacts in the last 5 years of W6P Special Event 9 days periods and I am > not a contest person. This is my favorite event of all. I actually cannot > get on my radio very often and not for very long but do everything I can to > play with my K3 as W6P during Route 66 On-The-Air. > > > > 73, Jim KG0KP, K3 1442 since new > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jackbrin...@me.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
