Hmmm ... I can't speak to "Another Don's" sales conjecture, but I don't think basic tech writing skill is the root problem of this discussion. If I know what I'm looking for, I usually find it in the downloadable PDF manual most of the time, and it is clearly written. Nearly always, when I can't find it, it's because it is a recent addition/change and the PDF manual just can't keep up. On the bright side, many of the more recent firmware upgrades have concentrated on one narrow feature set or support for a specific hardware module, and simply pasting the relevant part of the release notes into my station journal gives me a running update to the PDF manual.
I think the main issue hinges on the difference between, "What can I do with a specific feature [like APF] and how do I do it?" and "I need to separate a discernible but unreadable signal from the noise, how do I combine the various "features" to achieve that goal?" A professional tech writer, whose work I admire, once told me the first was very hard but doable. The second was just about impossible, although a lot of the discussion on this list seems to be at least aimed toward it. I run my K3 with AGC on [usually fast for CW, slow for SSB], RF Gain at max, and I've been very pleased by it's performance. When I still had my TS-850, I tried some A/B comparisons and signals I might just discern on the 850, I could get fairly good copy on with the K3. Following some of the discussions recently, I've experimented with what I call the "SX-28 Method" I used nearly a lifetime ago ... AGC off, AF max, ride the RF gain. I tried it in the Spartan Sprint last night on 40m, when all of the signals were very weak ... so far, I think it is a hung jury. We'll see. In the end, it appears to me that there is no substitute for just using it and gaining experience. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 12/7/2010 8:52 AM, Don Cunningham wrote: > Don, > I wager you are underestimating. I would bet the number of additional sales > would be 1,000+, HEAVY on the plus. Also I fear that MANY people monitor > the noise on this list and go on to other radios after monitoring for only a > short time. > 73, > Another Don, WB5HAK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
