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List:       elecraft
Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] OT: Selling IC-7300 For Friend
From:       Joseph Reed <jereed () ameritech ! net>
Date:       2017-11-30 4:08:02
Message-ID: 171BA002-CFA0-4A8B-9585-D7B3C3180E1E () ameritech ! net
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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

> 
> 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. 
> 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. 
> Mike / KK5F

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