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Roy Morris-6

Recalling CONFIG Settings

I would like to back up my CONFIG settings without having to go through each one and writing it down. Does the SAVE K3 CONFIGURATION AS button in the ELECRAFT K3 UTILITY do this? If so, where is it saved? I thought I would look before I leap. Thanks. Roy Morris W4WFB

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Bill W4ZV

Re: Recalling CONFIG Settings

Roy Morris-6 wrote

I would like to back up my CONFIG settings without having to go through each one and writing it down. Does the SAVE K3 CONFIGURATION AS button in the ELECRAFT K3 UTILITY do this? If so, where is it saved? I thought I would look before I leap. Thanks. Roy Morris W4WFB

Yes that's what it does. I'm away from my rig at the moment but I believe the Utility tells you where it saves the file on your computer. It really doesn't matter because you'll see the same files when you use CONFIGURATION RESTORE. The files are normally named with S/N and a date code. You can also overwrite the suggested file name to whatever you want (e.g. "KRX3installed"). Earlier I checked the time to do a SAVE and it took ~53 seconds on my old 1.1G computer and the K3 running at 38,400. I didn't check the time for RESTORE but imagine it would be about the same.

I would much rather Elecraft be spending their time adding functionality like VFO IND than creating an UNDO button. It would be different if the RESTORE function took as long as an XP computer to restore, but 53 seconds seems quite reasonable to me and it's very easy to use.

73, Bill

Bill W4ZV

Re: Recalling CONFIG Settings

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Roy Morris-6 wrote

I would like to back up my CONFIG settings

One more point. The Utility Configuration Save is saving much more than just your CONFIG settings. It saves EVERYTHING including all calibration constants. So anytime you do a recalibration, change your XFIL parameters, etc you should do a new Configuration Save.

If you have trouble putting your K3 into a particular mode, you can also use SAVE/RESTORE to do that. For example if you had a complex setup using a Transverter, you could save that under a separate "Transverter" file and recall it whenever you wanted to go into that mode.

73, Bill

Greg - AB7R

Re: Recalling CONFIG Settings

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Roy,

Yes, that is what that funcion in the utility program is for. I believe when you
save it a window will pop up and you will see what the file path is. It is
probably a sub folder where the utility program resides.

Another thing you can do is run Ham Radio Deluxe. There is an Extended Menu Option
(I think thats what its called but not sure) and when you run it you get a print
out all the K3 parameters and settings. Neat tool.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065

On Mon Feb 2 7:18 , "Roy Morris" sent:

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Dick Dievendorff

Re: Recalling CONFIG Settings

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The K3 Utility saves CONFIG settings plus calibration data plus the current control settings; everything that is erased by EE INIT. See the “configuration” tab of the K3 Utility and the associated discussion in K3 Utility Help.

Configuration data is saved in a file in your PC file system.

The file’s name and location are under your control. The K3 Utility provides a “default” location in the “Application Data” for configuration files. It’s adjacent to the folder that stores firmware files. The default location for user-specific application data varies by operating system.

On Windows XP, the location is often c:\Documents and Settings\userName\Application Data\Elecraft\K3 Configuration.

When you save a configuration, you are shown a “save file” dialog that allows you to change the filename, and you can navigate to any folder you like to receive the configuration. You probably can use just the default folder location. If you change the location during save configuratoin, the K3 Utility will remember the new location and give you that choice first on subsequent save and restore operations.

Config save creates a filename based on the serial number of the radio and the current date and time, but you can name the file anything you like that makes more sense to you.

Dick, K6KR

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