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K8RS

K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update

Tried to update to 4.03, but was unable to "SAVE" so was not able to "OPEN" nor to EXTRACT". This made it impossible to "LOAD".
Roger K8RS K3 S/N 280
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Don Cunningham

Re: K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update

Roger,
This is probably a "dumb answer", but are you following the directions to
load a Beta version as opposed to the "regular" ones???
73,
Don, WB5HAK

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Steve Ellington

Re: K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update

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Worked fine here.

Steve
N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:53 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update

> Tried to update to 4.03, but was unable to "SAVE" so was not able to
> "OPEN" nor to EXTRACT". This made it impossible to "LOAD".
> Roger K8RS K3 S/N 280
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Don Ehrlich

K3 Seperate Rx Antenna

In reply to this post by K8RS

My K3 has no KRX3 subreceiver and no KXV3 transverter and I want to use a
seperate receive-only antenna for general HF operation.

Today I tried to use the RX-IN for the seperate antenna, switching to the
seperate antenna for receive-only by pressing the RX ANT button on the K3,
and found that it did not work. So I read the manual and discover that use
of a seperate receive antenna in this way is possible only when a KXV3 is
installed and is only for use with the KXV3. Am I reading the manual
correctly?

I clearly remember having done this before successfully on HF bands with my
stock K3 and still have the BNC-S0239 adapter that I used before to connect
my receive-only antenna to the RX-IN BNC connector on the back of the K3.
The only antenna-related change in the K3 since that time is the
installation of the autotuner.

Please don't tell me my memory is wrong. I'm too young to face the
possibility of having become delusional.

Don K7FJ

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Iain MacDonnell - N6ML-2

Re: K3 Seperate Rx Antenna

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Don Ehrlich
<[hidden email]> wrote:

The "RX ANT" BNC connectors are part of the KXV3 module - are you sure
you don't have one?

There's a section in the K3 manual, starting on page 41, that covers
antenna routing possibilities...

~Iain / N6ML
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Guy, K2AV

Re: K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update

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Worked fine here. 73, Guy.

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Steve Ellington <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Worked fine here.
>
> Steve
> N4LQ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K8RS" <[hidden email]>
> To: "Elecraft" <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:53 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update
>
>
>> Tried to update to 4.03, but was unable to "SAVE" so was not able to
>> "OPEN" nor to EXTRACT". This made it impossible to "LOAD".
>> Roger K8RS K3 S/N 280
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Grant Youngman

Re: K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update

I'm glad to know 4.03 loaded fine elsewhere :-)

I doubt the current problem has anything to do with 4.03. Something appears to have died a sudden death during the upload process. No other firmware version will load the MCU and pass verification either, and every attempt gives the same error messages on the radio. Unless there's an unpublished set of "magic buttons", I'm starting to fear the K3 may have to start a trip back to Elecraft. In the meantime, I'm ordering another Keyspan adapter. And powering up the boatanchor station for a while, since the K3 is dead and gone :-)

Grant/NQ5T

On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:

> Worked fine here. 73, Guy.
>

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Brett Howard

Re: K3 Seperate Rx Antenna

In reply to this post by Don Ehrlich

When you say that it didn't work what did it do? If you have an
RX_ANT_IN on the back of your K3 then you do have the KXV3 or KXV3A
installed in your radio. When you pressed the button did you get an
RX on the display? Also make sure that you have enabled the KXV3 in
the config menu. If you've used it before then you've probably
already done this...

~Brett (N7MG)

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Don Ehrlich
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> My K3 has no KRX3 subreceiver and no KXV3 transverter and I want to use a
> seperate receive-only antenna for general HF operation.
>
> Today I tried to use the RX-IN for the seperate antenna, switching to the
> seperate antenna for receive-only by pressing the RX ANT button on the K3,
> and found that it did not work. So I read the manual and discover that use
> of a seperate receive antenna in this way is possible only when a KXV3 is
> installed and is only for use with the KXV3. Am I reading the manual
> correctly?
>
> I clearly remember having done this before successfully on HF bands with my
> stock K3 and still have the BNC-S0239 adapter that I used before to connect
> my receive-only antenna to the RX-IN BNC connector on the back of the K3.
> The only antenna-related change in the K3 since that time is the
> installation of the autotuner.
>
> Please don't tell me my memory is wrong. I'm too young to face the
> possibility of having become delusional.
>
> Don K7FJ
>
>
>
>
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Grant Youngman

Re: K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update -- FIXED.

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Well, it turned out to be the Mac, or the OS X version of K3 Utility, or some combination of the two that got it's brain frazzled. At Gary Surrency's suggestion, I snaked USB repeater cables to the radio room from my office, and installed the Windows version of K3 Utility and Keyspan drivers on the desktop. Firmware update went without a hitch using Windoze, and the radio appears to be none the worse for wear. No telling what really went awry.

But since I've already cabled the antenna ports from the Globe King back to the switch panel, maybe I'll get more use out of the heavy iron while I sit by the keyboard waiting for the KPA500 "order" button to appear :-) I had a chance to get a good look at both the P3 and KPA500 at Ham-Com over the weekend. Nice, very very nice. I'm rearranging the desk so there's room for both, plus at least one more P3 sized box with a 500+ watt ATU in it.

Grant/NQ5T

On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:

> I'm glad to know 4.03 loaded fine elsewhere :-)
>
> I doubt the current problem has anything to do with 4.03. Something appears to have died a sudden death during the upload process. No other firmware version will load the MCU and pass verification either, and every attempt gives the same error messages on the radio. Unless there's an unpublished set of "magic buttons", I'm starting to fear the K3 may have to start a trip back to Elecraft. In the meantime, I'm ordering another Keyspan adapter. And powering up the boatanchor station for a while, since the K3 is dead and gone :-)
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
>
>> Worked fine here. 73, Guy.
>>
>

Rick Prather-2

Re: K3: Failure of 4.03 to Update -- FIXED.

Hmm.. who knows, strange things can happen but I only use the Mac K3 utility and use it to install beta and alpha versions all the time with not hitches.

Rick
K6LE

On 6/14/2010, at 5:32 , Grant Youngman wrote:

> Well, it turned out to be the Mac, or the OS X version of K3 Utility, or some combination of the two that got it's brain frazzled. At Gary Surrency's suggestion, I snaked USB repeater cables to the radio room from my office, and installed the Windows version of K3 Utility and Keyspan drivers on the desktop. Firmware update went without a hitch using Windoze, and the radio appears to be none the worse for wear. No telling what really went awry.
>
> But since I've already cabled the antenna ports from the Globe King back to the switch panel, maybe I'll get more use out of the heavy iron while I sit by the keyboard waiting for the KPA500 "order" button to appear :-) I had a chance to get a good look at both the P3 and KPA500 at Ham-Com over the weekend. Nice, very very nice. I'm rearranging the desk so there's room for both, plus at least one more P3 sized box with a 500+ watt ATU in it.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>

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