I have also been one of those who has bugged Wayne about what I thought was
a less than adequate operating manual for the K3 (not realizing, of course,
that he was the author).
Speaking as an EE who has been a ham for more than 50 years, my background
is systems integration in the aerospace industry and try as I might, I
cannot keep up with the kind of technology that is contained within the
chassis of the K3. The manual has been written at too high a level for me.
It is adequate for me to operate the K3 as an appliance but I yearn for
something with a bit more technical and operating detail than that.
Wayne's response was something to the effect that perhaps someone would
volunteer from the user's group to lead a project to add the necessary
detail. Given the unreasonable level of effort that Elecraft would have to
contribute to make us all happy with their documentation and given the
awesome amount of talent represented by the K3 user community, that seemed
to me to be a reasonable thought.
That would represent a huge effort but the subject matter experts are all
here and the technical writers are all here and I look at any perceived
shortcomings in Elecraft documentation as an opportunity for all of us proud
K3 owners and Elecraft supporters to give the company back a little
something in return for what they have done for us.
Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if someone stepped up to project-manage a
supplemental re-write of the K3 documentation! Handled properly, it need
not reflect negatively on Elecraft and I would have to guess that it would
represent a first within the amateur radio community.
73,
Gary, VE1RGB
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Edward Dickinson, III
Sent: December 10, 2010 1:27 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Documentation
The names and email addresses of most of those contributing to the
documentation discussion are known. It shouldn't be difficult to draw up a
list of those interested in offering their thoughts on improvements. It
seems some have the time to make extended commentary on the matter. Other
contributors might be solicited from the mail list.
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