K3 problem with logging program after download upgrade

[Don Rasmussen]

Hi, Buck. The K3 Utility attempts to communicate with
the MCU initially to establish its baud rate.  This is
done by sending a small command at each of the
supported speeds. <snip>

Soapbox ON.

IMO - This is a tragic WASTE of BITS.

And this happens every time there is an update?

Calculate the number of updates over the life of the
radio, now how big is the bit bucket - remembering
ASCII is 7 bits per character plus parity plus start
bits and stop bit.

Could be some major overflow problems when folks least

expect it...

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[Dick Dievendorff]

Huh? The command is one byte, a semicolon.  There are four supported speeds.
It takes a few parts of a second to do all this.

Dick


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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 9:40 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 problem with logging program after download upgrade

Hi, Buck. The K3 Utility attempts to communicate with
the MCU initially to establish its baud rate.  This is
done by sending a small command at each of the
supported speeds. <snip>

Soapbox ON.

IMO - This is a tragic WASTE of BITS.

And this happens every time there is an update?

Calculate the number of updates over the life of the
radio, now how big is the bit bucket - remembering
ASCII is 7 bits per character plus parity plus start
bits and stop bit.

Could be some major overflow problems when folks least

expect it...

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[Don Rasmussen]

Dick - the post was meant in jest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_bucket

Oh yeah...

Soapbox OFF. ;-)

> Huh? The command is one byte, a semicolon.  There
> are four supported speeds. It takes a few parts of a
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[Thom LaCosta]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Don Rasmussen wrote:

> Dick - the post was meant in jest:

Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the flights
that goes into the ionosphere.

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[Dick Dievendorff]

Went right over my head.  I feel a little sheepish....

73 de Dick, K6KR


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On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Don Rasmussen wrote:

> Dick - the post was meant in jest:

Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the
flights
that goes into the ionosphere.

73 - k3hrn
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[Thom LaCosta]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Dick Dievendorff wrote:

> Went right over my head.  I feel a little sheepish....

I think it may be a problem that many of us have one time or another...we're so
serious about our occupation or hobby that we find it hard to see the humor.


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[M0XDF]

I sat here eagerly waiting to see who would bite :-)
Relives the boredom of waiting for Mr Brown to arrive...

On 4/12/07 16:26, "Dick Dievendorff" <[hidden email]> sent:

> Went right over my head.  I feel a little sheepish....
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> Dick - the post was meant in jest:
>
> Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the
> flights
> that goes into the ionosphere.

--
All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
-Sean O'Casey, playwright (1880-1964)



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[Julian, G4ILO]

On 04/12/2007, Thom LaCosta <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the flights
> that goes into the ionosphere.

Well, there aren't enough ions up there at the moment to bounce it
back. Or anything much else, unfortunately...
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[Thom LaCosta]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Julian G4ILO wrote:

> On 04/12/2007, Thom LaCosta <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Ya gotta be careful with humor...it sometimes gets booked on one of the flights
>> that goes into the ionosphere.
>
> Well, there aren't enough ions up there at the moment to bounce it
> back. Or anything much else, unfortunately...

Could it be that years from now, when debate rages over the relative worth of a
low serial number K3 versus a high serial number, or positive or negative ALC,
of the best tone for sidetone that it will return to us for visitation?

I just realized that all the posts about the K3 have displaced the old threads
that cast aspersion on those that didn't build their own Elecraft rig in the
comfort of their personal work shop.

I suppose I will have to overcome my guilt when my K3 arrives, since it is
factory built....

I also heard a rumor that Christams will be celebrated in March of 2008, thus
freeing the elves to assemble K3s and Santa can deliver them.

73 - k3hrn
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