I have read the manuals for the equipment I have, sometimes
several times. The last time I had a problem, poor RX
sensitivity on my K3 I ended up in the trouble shooting section.
It quickly lead me to the problem: I had switched a separate RX
antenna on, with nothing connected on the back of
Blaise Pascal once began a letter with:
I am sorry I have had to write you such a long letter, but I did not have
time to write you a short one
He was quite right. Writing something short and concise takes much longer
than writing a lengthy tome.
73, Ron AC7AC
-Original Message-
Re: Thanks Ron and the rest of the tech writers for the manuals.
And another tip-of-the-hat from me to Ron and the other manual writers. I also
appreciate the posts Ron makes on this list, and the KX3 Yahoo group. He
always writes clearly, technically sound, and never insulting. Throughout
...@cobi.biz
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Guide to K3 and P3 by K2QY--RECAP
Blaise Pascal once began a letter with:
I am sorry I have had to write you such a long letter, but I did not have
time to write you a short one
He
: Saturday, June 29, 2013 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Field Day Guide to K3 and P3 by K2QY--RECAP
Re: I am sorry I have had to write you such a long letter, but I did not have
time to write you a short one
That describes me perfectly! I just cannot seem to write a short post...well
I gave my presentation on the Friday prior to Field Day. I had a couple of
questions on clarifications and afterwards several hams came up to me and
thanked me because they felt it was a big help. I especially focused on
the TAP/HOLD differences and the fact that most functions are clearly
nice job John... what did you guys run this time around.. 3a ?? how did
you do over all you think??
On 6/28/2013 9:01 AM, John Fritze wrote:
I gave my presentation on the Friday prior to Field Day. I had a couple of
questions on clarifications and afterwards several hams came up to me and
I also created a 5 page printed guide and leaving at the station
thinking it would be read. That was dumb, as I still had to answer many
questions that were all answered in the guide. Finally I just answered
those by just putting the guide in front of them and saying Page 3 or
Page 4. or
As a professional technical writer off and on since the early 1960's I can
say that the ONLY time my audience willingly devoured the written manuals
before diving in were the manuals I wrote for defusing live ordinance
(bombs) during the Vietnam war.
I write some of Elecraft's manuals, and
David,
5 pages is too long. If it cannot be covered in half a page, it will
not be read, and even that half page may not be read.
I made a 1 page note on K2 operation for Field Day and even then an
experienced digital operator put the K2 in Digital mode using USB
instead of RTTY mode and had
Thanks to a couple of folks who E-Mailed the Field Day guide, it is now
available here:
http://www.ColdRocksHotBrooms.com/005B.CMS
73 -- Lynn
On 6/14/2013 4:16 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:
If someone would like to send it to me, I can stick it on a server
here, no sweat.
E-Mail is
As promised I have uploaded to the Yahoo group (Elecraft K3) the Field Day
guide I made up for the K3/P3 combo. I usually speak with P/P in the
presenter mode, so the notes are visible during my talks. I appreciate
the help I received here from many members of this group.
I have tailored the
What is the filename?
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is the file available elsewhere? it seems and I have no idea why but I
am no longer a member of the yahoogroup.
David Moes
dm...@nexicom.net
VE3DVY
On 6/14/2013 09:03, John Fritze wrote:
As promised I have uploaded to the Yahoo group (Elecraft K3) the Field Day
guide I made up for the
Me neither.
I asked for direct as he suggested. I think he said sometime over the
weekend so i am waiting.
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
On 15/06/2013 9:08 AM, david Moes dm...@nexicom.net wrote:
is the file available elsewhere? it seems and I have no idea why but I
am no
If someone would like to send it to me, I can stick it on a server here,
no sweat.
E-Mail is fine.
-- Lynn
On 6/14/2013 4:11 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
Me neither.
I asked for direct as he suggested. I think he said sometime over the
weekend so i am waiting.
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT,
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