SDR Software and Change Management

[Jim K4ZMV]

After spending nearly 25 years as an IBM systems programmer, I came to really appreciate change control.  My suggestion to Elecraft is to provide the means to store software releases so users can reload a backlevel version if problems pop up in a new release.  I hope the new versions have been vetted by the 'testers' before they are released to the general user population and we don't have to find the problems ourselves.  This newest problem, the calibration process, is troubling.  I'd sure want to go backlevel if that showed up on my K3.  How about the folks getting K3's just now.  Do those units have the troubled software?  That calibration routine is currently the only one available if you don't have an accurate signal generator.  Just my 2 cents.

73, Jim, K4ZMV

[Simon (HB9DRV)]

With hindsight dual-booting would have been an option, you can have two (or
more) sets of source loaded and select the one you want when switching on.

Simon Brown, HB9DRV

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From: "Jim K4ZMV" <[hidden email]>

>
> After spending nearly 25 years as an IBM systems programmer, I came to
> really
> appreciate change control.  My suggestion to Elecraft is to provide the
> means to store software releases so users can reload a backlevel version
> if
> problems pop up in a new release.
>
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