This was a known bug that was found in field test. I submitted it to Wayne and he's all over it.
~Brett On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Igor Kosvin <k.i...@comcast.net> wrote: > Jim, > I installed the K3EXREF today. I agree with everything you wrote. Good pair > of tweezers took care of the lock washer. The anomaly is present exactly as > you described. Not affecting performance, but it is there. I have MCU=4.36, > FPF=1.14, DSP1=DSP2=2.73. > 73, > Igor, N1YX > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Sheldon > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:57 PM > To: Elecraft Mailing List > Subject: [Elecraft] K3EXREF > > Tracking number I got from Lisa says it is supposed to be here today. Mail > man should be here in a few minutes, so, following the instructions in the > downloadable manual, I have the K3 opened up and ready to do the install. > The hardest part of the whole thing will be re-installing that split > lockwasher on the backside of the KREF3 board once the external reference > mod has been mounted. Everything else is a piece of cake. (Actually, I > have a magnetized pair of long tweezers that should do the job nicely.) > > As I was writing this, the mailman brought the package. Time involved in > opening the rig - between 5 and 7 minutes. I had already loosened the KREF3 > board and retrieved the lockwasher. Mounted the SMA jack on the back panel, > ran the cable, mounted the board & hardware per instructions, plugged in the > cable and buttoned up the radio. Total time just shy of 20 minutes, not > counting the study time of the manual prior to beginning. Another minute to > set up the menu item and make sure it was working and still 20 minutes or > less total time. Well written instructions and very easy to install the > board, even with my poor eyesight. > > The Trimble Thunderbolt has been running for a bit over a month now and a > friend of mine gave me a real nice 3' long cable with SMA connectors on both > ends that will match up perfectly. - > > I did notice one anomaly. Once the * symbol started flashing, moving away > from the REF CAL left the 4th character from the left in the VFO B display > window flashing for every entry in the CONFIG menu. Once you exit MENU mode > and re-enter it, the flashing stops until you again look at the REF CAL item > at which time it starts flashing again. This is only a minor bug, but I > thought it should at least be called to the attention of the programmers. > > Jim - W0EB > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
