Hello Ray
You should be able to upgrade the firmware with no trouble. Something went
wrong during the process of upgrading with WA8JXM and that caused the unit
to fail. I am not sure what happened.
73
Tim K3LR
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Raymond Benny
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 11:31 AM
To: Ken WA8JXM
Cc: Tim Duffy; Towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rigexpert AA-54 firmware update disaster
I have an AA-54 analyzer and would like to upgraded the firmware. Is there
any reason I cannot do it myself?
I realize that Ken had problems but is this typical?
Ray,
N6VR/W7YA
On Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 6:20 AM Ken WA8JXM <wa8jxm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim,
> Thank you very much, I appreciate the help and the quick response!
>
> 73,
> Ken WA8JXM
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:42 PM Tim Duffy <k3lr@k3lr.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello Ken
> >
> > DX Engineering will help you - as we do for all customers. Send it to DX
> > Engineering and we'll upgrade the software and send it back to you. No
> > charge for anything.
> >
> > 73
> > Tim K3LR
> > CEO DX Engineering
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Ken
> > WA8JXM
> > Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 11:38 PM
> > To: Towertalk
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Rigexpert AA-54 firmware update disaster
> >
> > I recently tried the firmware update from the Rigexpert website and
ended
> > up with a disaster.
> >
> > The firmware update failed and now when I turn the unit on, the screen
is
> > nothing but hex trash.
> >
> > I tried the Rigexpert website and they told me to contact my national
> > reseller. I contacted DX Engineering, where I purchased the unit. They
> > checked into it and said my only hope was to send it back to the Ukraine
> > and that would probably cost as much as a new unit :(
> >
> > Does anyone have experience recovering from such an issue or
suggestions?
> >
> > tnx es 73,
> > Ken WA8JXM
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