Yes, firmware corrections and new functionality are some of the many great things Elecraft does. With the K2 you could get a new MCU chip, I don’t recall if there was one for the K1. But with the Gen 2 radios and their ability to take a MCU and/or DSP update it is over the top.
I knew a few of the guys at Amateur Electronic Supply before they failed. They used to wonder why I stopped shopping there. Well YeaIcoKen didn’t give me what Elecraft could. An example would be the latest remote control of the KX2. Funky cool, and works as described. (Wayne - it needs a key sequence to take it out of remote control and restore panel operation without a power down.) Do you know of another ham radio manufacturer that can do that? I don’t either.
Joe N9JR
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> Those firmware upgrades can be quick. On 20 Nov 2017 G4SJP reported a problem with KX2 production firmware 2.81. By 21 Nov 2017 new production firmware version 2.84 corrected the problem and was available for download. Never would or could Asian ham rig makers respond that fast...if ever they responded in the product lifetime at all.
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> Asian ham rig makers seem universally to lack the intelligence to implement iambic mode A on any of their rigs. The unfortunate owner is forced to use the abominable mode B, or to not use iambic keying at all. Elecraft has always allowed selection of either mode.
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> Mike / KK5F
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