K2: K60XV confession of a grumpy old man

[Jim Rogers, W4ATK]

Under my breath I have been critical of ones seeking assistance when  
it seemed they just had not read the manual. Today I upgraded my  
recently acquired K2 (s/n 4004) to the very latest firmware in all the  
various modules and installed the one missing module, the K60XV.

Well everything went well until I switched to 60M. The display came up  
with a 14.08894. I hunted and examined and scoped and finally sent an  
e-mail off to Gary Surrency. Gary in his usual very understanding and  
benevolent way suggested I enter a 60M frequency via the keypad. That  
fixed it.

The confession., The very next line under the line in the manual  
sending me off trouble shooting was the one I should have read. "Due  
to recent firmware changes, the frequency of this band may initially  
be set to something other than the 5Mz range. Use direct frequency  
entry......" Mea Culpa

I am sure I will be much more understanding in the future....

73s Jim, W4ATK

JIM ROGERS
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http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk




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[Guy, K2AV]

What's really the killer in this self-hate generating kind of activity, is
when I READ the sentence in question, and for some reason its true meaning
just drains off my teflon insulated brain.  I am so sure that I already know
what the sentence means that my brain will not process it.  Only brick walls
and bridge abutments seem to be able to break those kinds of mis-cognition,
e.g. I figure it out AFTER I burn it up.  Really tough on hard-to-get tubes
like 3CX400's.

Can get you a membership card...   Club chairman buys 'em by the rail car
load.

73, Guy.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:25 PM, JAMES ROGERS <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Under my breath I have been critical of ones seeking assistance when
> it seemed they just had not read the manual. Today I upgraded my
> recently acquired K2 (s/n 4004) to the very latest firmware in all the
> various modules and installed the one missing module, the K60XV.
>
> Well everything went well until I switched to 60M. The display came up
> with a 14.08894. I hunted and examined and scoped and finally sent an
> e-mail off to Gary Surrency. Gary in his usual very understanding and
> benevolent way suggested I enter a 60M frequency via the keypad. That
> fixed it.
>
> The confession., The very next line under the line in the manual
> sending me off trouble shooting was the one I should have read. "Due
> to recent firmware changes, the frequency of this band may initially
> be set to something other than the 5Mz range. Use direct frequency
> entry......" Mea Culpa
>
> I am sure I will be much more understanding in the future....
>
> 73s Jim, W4ATK
>
> JIM ROGERS
> [hidden email]
> http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk
>
>
>
>
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