I have all ten of my radio manuals on my smart phone. Not the easiest to use but they are always with me and I can always find something I don't remember how to do. Electronic capability is great. I print portions of most of my manuals for ready reference. I spend a considerable amount of time in quickie restaurants waiting and always have manuals and procedures with me to read.
73, de Jim KG0KP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <n...@nf4l.com> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 95,Issue 50 - Electronic manuals > It's nice to have both. The electronic one gives you a great ability to > find things, it's easily updated, and takes up no space on the bookshelf > or coffee table. And it's harder to misplace. It's dirt cheap compared > to paper. > > The paper one is good so I don't have to either build on my operating > desk, or carry a computer to the workbench, and it's handier for > checking off steps, and reading in my recliner. > > 73, Mike NF4L > > On 3/28/12 9:30 PM, Scott wrote: >> Personally, I don't really care how many trees are used up. They grow >> back. I want a paper copy of the manual. Then I can look up whatever I >> want without a computer. >> >> Scott >> KF5MHS >> >> On 3/28/2012 1:04 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >>> While electronic manuals might save trees and PDF's are really great for >>> searching for information, that won't speed up the delivery of manuals >>> for >>> new products or updates to manuals significantly. >>> >>> 99.9% of the time (and cost) required to create a new document is in the >>> writing, illustrating, validating and editing. That doesn't change. >>> >>> Toward Dale's question, I have a binder for my K2 that I built in 2000 >>> that >>> has copies of all the many mods and changes that have been made to it >>> over >>> the years. My K2 has never had a failure, but if it did there'd be >>> repair >>> log in that binder too. I have considered doing that electronically, >>> perhaps with a memory stick, but the one advantage of paper is that it >>> does >>> not require any technology to read it. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Ron AC7AC >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> How about you save the current online manuals and other info to a $4 USB >>> Memory stick and put it in the box? Maybe Elecraft could even supply a >>> "Elecraft" branded USB Memory Stick with the latest stuff on it. Then >>> you >>> would have a record that was consistent with when you bought your radio. >>> Elecraft could even save the Calibration data to that memory stick as >>> well. >>> Personally I'd rather have that than the printed manual, and I suspect >>> it >>> would cost far less given printing and shipping costs. >>> >>> Another possibility would be if Elecraft kept archival copies of all >>> manuals >>> online. >>> >>> Personally I can live without printed manuals -- I like the PDFs, but I >>> do >>> see Dale's point and the cheap USB Flash Drive seems like a cheap way. >>> >>> 73, Bob, B4SON >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Dale Putnam<daleput...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The one issue that I see with on line manuals ... any ideas? >>>> >>>> --... ...-- >>>> Dale - WC7S in Wy >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
