K3 Firmware

[Barry Simpson]

Has anyone any news on a replacement for the ill fated beta 4.18 (which I am
still currently using) ?

Barry Simpson  VK2BJ
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

  Coming soon,  It is currently in the hands of the firmware field testers.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/11/2010 8:23 PM, Barry Simpson wrote:

> Has anyone any news on a replacement for the ill fated beta 4.18 (which I am
> still currently using) ?
>
> Barry Simpson  VK2BJ
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[K2QI]

BTW, I've noticed that the SSB power bug is still there on K3 #2730, and
this was after reverting back to 4.14

73 de James K2QI

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:

>  Coming soon,  It is currently in the hands of the firmware field testers.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/11/2010 8:23 PM, Barry Simpson wrote:
> > Has anyone any news on a replacement for the ill fated beta 4.18 (which I
> am
> > still currently using) ?
> >
> > Barry Simpson  VK2BJ
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[K2QI]

Something I've discovered; switching between antennas seems to affect power
output with 4.14.  For example, I was able to get 100 watts out on ANT1 but
switching to ANT2 on a dummy load only gave me 50 watts.  Switching back to
ANT1 then back to ANT2 brought power level back up to 100W.

Any suggestions?

James K2QI

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:29 PM, James Sarte <[hidden email]> wrote:

> BTW, I've noticed that the SSB power bug is still there on K3 #2730, and
> this was after reverting back to 4.14
>
> 73 de James K2QI
>
>
>
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[K2QI]

Hi Lyle et all,

Sorry for the rapid-fire succession of email from me regarding this, but
I've found a way to replicate the issue.

I've noticed that when you reduce drive power so that the 10W amplifer is
inline, then increasing drive back up to 100W, only 50 watts will initially
be produced.  Whistling into the mic while this is happening will show the
output power slowly creep back up to the full 100W after a few seconds.

I've never had this problem until now. I do recall others describing similar
issues with firmware back in the 3.XX range.  Performing the TX gain
calibration does not fix the issue.

James K2QI


On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:07 PM, James Sarte <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Something I've discovered; switching between antennas seems to affect power
> output with 4.14.  For example, I was able to get 100 watts out on ANT1 but
> switching to ANT2 on a dummy load only gave me 50 watts.  Switching back to
> ANT1 then back to ANT2 brought power level back up to 100W.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> James K2QI
>
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[Julian, G4ILO]

I noticed a similar issue a couple of weeks ago during the CQ WW, with whatever firmware I last installed a few months ago. I was working my way slowly up the band calling stations and not retuning the ATU each time I called. Presumably because of the way the ATU stores settings per frequency which may not be correct for the antenna I am using now, every now and then I would cross a boundary to a new stored value and suddenly see a HIGH SWR warning and have to retune. After retuning the output was only 50W or so, but it recovered to full output after several seconds of calling.

My guess is it's a product of the fact that a lot of things in the K3 are controlled by software, which does not want to make sudden changes to things that would normally be expected to remain constant. It's just one of the quirks of the K3 that you get used to.

[bobgarceau]

I had a similar problem. I returned from St. Croix on Wednesday where I had
antenna issues and had to use the ATU most all of the time. When I set up
the K3 here in Ct. I noticed high SWR on 15 meters, where normally, with my
steppir, there is no SWR. Shut off the ATU and everything was o.k. I
literally Just finished resetting the ATU to bypass on all bands/mode and I
saw your email..\

Bob, W1EQ


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I noticed a similar issue a couple of weeks ago during the CQ WW, with
whatever firmware I last installed a few months ago. I was working my way
slowly up the band calling stations and not retuning the ATU each time I
called. Presumably because of the way the ATU stores settings per frequency
which may not be correct for the antenna I am using now, every now and then
I would cross a boundary to a new stored value and suddenly see a HIGH SWR
warning and have to retune. After retuning the output was only 50W or so,
but it recovered to full output after several seconds of calling.

My guess is it's a product of the fact that a lot of things in the K3 are
controlled by software, which does not want to make sudden changes to things
that would normally be expected to remain constant. It's just one of the
quirks of the K3 that you get used to.

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Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
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* KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html
* KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html

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