[600MRG] Ultimate 3 must have???

[Brian Pease]

Hans has been posting the new code on his forum 
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/QRPLabs.  It is right up to date.  I 
have ordered a cheap programmer off Ebay.
On 11/30/2013 2:13 PM, Dave wrote:
> I have used the ultimate1 on hf and the ultimate 2 on 477kHz in the past.
> 2 and 3 are similar, the reason for the change being the LCD in the 2
> becoming unavailable.
>
> The only issue I had was that when software bugs are fixed (like it couldn't
> work out my grid in texas and corrupted the memory doing so!)you need to get
> a new chip from England ~10days; you cant get the code to reprogram the old
> chip (I now have 5 "old" chips)
>
> For this reason I moved to the m0xpd QRSS shield available as a kit from
> http://www.kanga-products.co.uk/ which uses a cheap dds shield and arduino.
> Software bugs can be corrected in minutes
>
> Dave
>
> Ww2r, g4fre
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 600MRG [mailto:600mrg-bounces at w7ekb.com] On Behalf Of Mike.WE0H
> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 11:51 AM
> To: 600mrg at w7ekb.com
> Subject: [600MRG] Ultimate 3 must have???
>
> Would it be worthwhile to purchase a Ultimate 3 just to have it on the
> shelf? I honestly don't have a need for it right now as well as many
> other kits on my shelves, but as long as it is available, I was
> wondering if I should order a kit with some LP filter boards.