In my opinion the manual is fine, now that I have a few months of operation under my belt. When I just starting out with the rig I was struggling a lot.
So what I personally believe is needed is the starter guide and theory of operation kind of document. This would be targeted for a new K3 owner on how to get going and why defaults are set the way the way they are. With the above in mind after you get some experience with the rig I am not sure how much you would refer to it anymore. Don KD8NNU On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 1:20 PM, n...@comcast.net wrote: > I agree with Alexander . The manual is fine as is. A Wiki type > online resource with company and user input would be fantastic. N1MM > has recently revamped their online user guide into levels--Getting > Started, Digging Deeper and References. > > Dave, N4QS > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander Sack <pisym...@gmail.com> > Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:12:19 To: Wayne Burdick<n...@elecraft.com> > Cc: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; Ralph Parker<ve...@dccnet.com> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > wrote: >> Don Cunningham wrote: >> >>> We were PROMISED an "enhanced" manual around Christmas, 2010... >> >> A new operating manual actually was written, by a third party (based >> on their enthusiastic pitch, we agreed to let them have a crack at >> it). But when we reviewed it last month, we had very significant >> differences over style and content. So we're back to the drawing >> board, looking for possible authors. Our own tech writer would do an >> excellent job, but he's scheduled out many months on project manuals. > > Wayne: > > I know this may not be the most popular opinion but the fact is in my > opinion, you don't need an updated manual. Trying to develop the > perfect manual is a complete loss leader with very little return. > Trying to write a long compendium about an evolving product makes > absolutely no sense to me! :-) > > What you do need is an Elecraft Wiki where you can leverage the > strong/knowledgeable/enthusiastic customer base to generate helpful > content in addition to this list. A content management system of some > type (Joomla, Wiki, Knowledge-base, etc.) would not only provide a > forum in which Elecraft could write more in-depth articles about > various popular topics but also be self-updating to some extent. > Users of Elecraft products would help in managing, updating, and > contributing content on a regular basis. Obviously this has to be a > managed site to some extent with Elecraft having the final say about > certain types of content, but it seems to me a no brain-er that a lot > of the information disseminated on the this mailing list should be > aggregated to a central site. > > 73 > > -aps > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
