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Russ-2

KSYN3A + KSYN3

All:

For those of you who don't read instructions like me - remember to download and install the latest K3 utility before uploading the new 5.14 firmware (or above) - otherwise you may get an FPF load error.

Question - if I decide to install a KRX3 later, can I reuse the old KSYN3 for it - can the old KSYN3 and the new KSYN3A coexist in the same box? OK - call me cheap / thrifty / cost effective or just stupid if you want :>}

Thanks, Russ KD4JO

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Michael Eberle

Re: KSYN3A + KSYN3

Per the KSYN3A Installation instructions:

"You cannot have a new KSYN3A synthesizer and the original KSYN3 in the
same K3! If you have the KRX3 sub receiver installed, you must install
two KSYN3A synthesizers."

Mike
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On 6/21/2015 7:59 PM, Russ wrote:

> All:
>
> For those of you who don't read instructions like me - remember to download and install the latest K3 utility before uploading the new 5.14 firmware (or above) - otherwise you may get an FPF load error.
>
> Question - if I decide to install a KRX3 later, can I reuse the old KSYN3 for it - can the old KSYN3 and the new KSYN3A coexist in the same box? OK - call me cheap / thrifty / cost effective or just stupid if you want :>}
>
> Thanks, Russ KD4JO
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: KSYN3A + KSYN3

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Russ,

If you install the KSYN3A for the main and then add the KRX3, you must
have the KSYN3A for the sub as well.
You cannot mix the synthesizers - they must both be the same.

Cheap/thrifty/cost effective does not matter, they both need to be the same.

73,
Don W3FPR

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/21/2015 8:59 PM, Russ wrote:
> All:
>
> For those of you who don't read instructions like me - remember to download and install the latest K3 utility before uploading the new 5.14 firmware (or above) - otherwise you may get an FPF load error.
>
> Question - if I decide to install a KRX3 later, can I reuse the old KSYN3 for it - can the old KSYN3 and the new KSYN3A coexist in the same box? OK - call me cheap / thrifty / cost effective or just stupid if you want :>}
>

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Thomas Schaefer

Re: KSYN3A + KSYN3

As a cautionary tale, reading the instructions is really not optional with this stuff :)

If you decide to install the KRX3 for example, there are lots of little gotchas in the KRX3 install that are easily avoided by reading the directions. Not doing so is certainly at your own peril.

Tom NY4I

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> On Jun 21, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Russ,
>
> If you install the KSYN3A for the main and then add the KRX3, you must have the KSYN3A for the sub as well.
> You cannot mix the synthesizers - they must both be the same.
>
> Cheap/thrifty/cost effective does not matter, they both need to be the same.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>> On 6/21/2015 8:59 PM, Russ wrote:
>> All:
>>
>> For those of you who don't read instructions like me - remember to download and install the latest K3 utility before uploading the new 5.14 firmware (or above) - otherwise you may get an FPF load error.
>>
>> Question - if I decide to install a KRX3 later, can I reuse the old KSYN3 for it - can the old KSYN3 and the new KSYN3A coexist in the same box? OK - call me cheap / thrifty / cost effective or just stupid if you want :>}
>
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Yngvi (TF3Y)

Re: KSYN3A + KSYN3

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As long as you buy a new KRX3-A I guess it would come with a KSYN3A.

73, Yngvi TF3Y

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Russ <[hidden email]> wrote:

> All:
>
> For those of you who don't read instructions like me - remember to
> download and install the latest K3 utility before uploading the new 5.14
> firmware (or above) - otherwise you may get an FPF load error.
>
> Question - if I decide to install a KRX3 later, can I reuse the old KSYN3
> for it - can the old KSYN3 and the new KSYN3A coexist in the same box? OK
> - call me cheap / thrifty / cost effective or just stupid if you want :>}
>
> Thanks, Russ KD4JO
>
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Thomas Schaefer

Re: KSYN3A + KSYN3

I just went thought this process and the new KRX3 comes with the new synth. I had to pick up a new synth to replace the old one in the main receiver as they have to match.

It only took 12 hours to do it all including redoing the filters in the receiver because I did not read the manual close enough and my mis-understanding of the implication of “optional steps” regarding the connection to the KAT3 tuner for the KRX3.

Hence, I am the cautionary tale about not reading the manual :)

But, I will say that doing this work makes me sorry I did not buy the kits for both K3s--that would be the plural of K3 versus a K3S :). It was GREAT FUN to install the sub receiver. I really enjoyed the fact that when someone was explaining routing the TMP cables, and installing the new pre-amp, I could see the exact parts and how they fit together. It made something abstract quite real and I like that.

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> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Yngvi (TF3Y) <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> As long as you buy a new KRX3-A I guess it would come with a KSYN3A.
>
> 73, Yngvi TF3Y
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Russ <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> All:
>>
>> For those of you who don't read instructions like me - remember to
>> download and install the latest K3 utility before uploading the new 5.14
>> firmware (or above) - otherwise you may get an FPF load error.
>>
>> Question - if I decide to install a KRX3 later, can I reuse the old KSYN3
>> for it - can the old KSYN3 and the new KSYN3A coexist in the same box? OK
>> - call me cheap / thrifty / cost effective or just stupid if you want :>}
>>
>> Thanks, Russ KD4JO
>>
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