Wayne, If you don't mind I'd like to contribute to this excellent subject as well. I'm a brand new user yet my experience with high end amateur and commercial radios is extensive. There are a number of areas I would like to see expanded upon, one that comes to mind is transmit and receive audio shaping. While I don't often get to operate uninterrupted one issue I'm currently struggling with is my receive audio on 6m FM. No matter what speaker system I use (internal or external) the receive audio sounds over driven or over deviating yet the same signal on other 6m transceivers sounds fine. I've experimented a little with the audio equalizers but haven't yet resolved that problem and am not really sure if the equalizers are the solution.
On the subject of how to package or disseminate this new operating manual it occurs to me that while some would prefer a written manual, and I think one should be created as well, some (including those with learning disabilities) may prefer a computer based tutorial. In recent years a major manufacturer of high end commercial two-way radios started supplying animated tutorials with their programming software packages to visually and audibly teach one how to use the software to configure their radios and these tutorials have become quite popular. They're often segmented into subtopics making searching rather easy. By the way, I like the idea of serving up operational advice by mode as well. Perhaps a computer based tutorial program with K3 animation and narration would be a worthwhile project. Building such tutorials isn't as hard as you might think either. There's a considerable variety of development software already available. 73, Gary N6LRV -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 8:46 AM To: n...@contesting.com Cc: Elecraft List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need for advice was; noise reduction Pete, The K3 defaults to settings that should work for most operators, and this is reflected in many places in the owner's manual (for example, see the first paragraph in the CONFIG Menu section, page 53). That said, I'd like to enhance the owner's manual along the lines you suggest. I've already noted that I should provide advice regarding per-mode AGC slow/fast and other AGC settings. What other areas would you like to see additional guidance in? 73, Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ 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
