Re: [Elecraft] K3 manual question

2008-06-25 Thread Don Wilhelm
Steve, The manual differs from the schematic, and I would strongly suggest that the schematic is correct. RTS is on pin 7 and DTR is on pin 4 according to the schematic. Second question: If your computer application puts the FSK data on TxD, then yes, you add an RS-232 to TTL conversion st

[Elecraft] K3 manual question

2008-06-25 Thread K4FJ
Hi, Page 18 of my K3 manual shows the breakout for the RS232 connector. It says pin 6 is RTS. I thought RTS was on pin 7 in the standard DB9 configuration. Second question: The manual is clear that pin 1 of the Aux I/O connector is for FSK IN. Does that mean that I run my computer's RS

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question [END of thread]

2007-10-11 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Let's end this thread for now. We are shipping printed manuals in the box with every K3. 73, Eric WA6HHQ -- Julian G4ILO wrote: I don't agree. Printing it yourself for most people would take a long time, cost more than a mass-reproduced manual, use twice as much paper (most hams don't ha

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-11 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 10/11/07 4:20:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > (most hams don't have office-type printers that will print on both > sides) I don't know any printer that won't print on both sides. Of course it may take two passes through the printer, but that's why t

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-11 Thread Julian G4ILO
I don't agree. Printing it yourself for most people would take a long time, cost more than a mass-reproduced manual, use twice as much paper (most hams don't have office-type printers that will print on both sides) and not be bound. Nor would updating be any easier unless the manual was structured

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-11 Thread Julian G4ILO
I'm glad you're not in charge, then.:) Some (many?) of us only have cheap, slow home inkjet printers that use very expensive ink cartridges and it would take a long time and be prohibitively expensive to print off a manual. And I don't want to turn on a computer every time I want to look up somethi

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-10 Thread Bill W5WVO
Craig, we're really not that far apart here. It's prohibitively expensive and adds significant complications for the manufacturer, who has to maintain revision information per-page. Maintaining revision information for updated pages is trivial. Adobe FrameMaker makes this easy even without us

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-10 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 10/10/07 5:50:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What's wrong with doing it that way? There must be something wrong with it, > > because nobody in the ham world is doing it. Would most hams not like such a > > manual scheme? I sure would. > In my wo

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-10 Thread Craig Rairdin
> What's wrong with doing it that way? There must be something wrong with > it, because nobody in the ham world is doing it. Would most hams not > like such a manual scheme? I sure would. It's prohibitively expensive and adds significant complications for the manufacturer, who has to maintain re

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-10 Thread Bill W5WVO
Craig D. Smith wrote: I guess the options would be . . . making the pages replaceable individually in some kind of attractive and convenient sized binder system. Any thoughts? Yeah. That, what you said. :-) The manuals I've obtained for some of my boatanchor (military) equipment are loose-

[Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

2007-10-10 Thread Craig D. Smith
Great news on the K3 manual being put up on the website sometime this week. I know it will be excellent based on my experience with the K1 and K2 manuals. But it prompts me to ask a question I've been wondering about lately. How does Elecraft plan to handle updates to the manual so that it keeps