On 2/6/2011 10:23 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Good observation about the plumbing Lu. I'll remember that. Even though the > K3 is an amazing bit of technology, sometimes I long for the rough > simplicity of the homebrew station I started out with years ago, Hi!
I don't. Right after I retired in 2000, and still had an HP-23 power supply, I resurrected my 40m ARC-5 TX from the basement for SKN. "This will be fun and nostalgic," I said. It was neither. The rig loaded the antenna fine, but that's where the "fine" ended. Ignoring the three times I got my hand or fingers across the key, making Q's was hugely tough. Radios have improved over the years, and I like it. For the record, I run the K3 Utility on an XP laptop the local "computer boys" built for me. I use the USB/232 adapter I got from Elecraft. I have never [as in never ever, not even once] had a problem loading new firmware. The first time I used Dick's K3 Utility, I forged directly into it, as we all usually do, and had a problem with finding the firmware on the laptop once I downloaded it with my FTP Client. Finally, I retreated to RTFM, and haven't had a problem with it since. :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ 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
