There is, or was, a K3 wiki. This would seem to be an ideal vehicle for the desired user manual. Win-Test has a wiki. 73, andy, ae6y ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary bartlett" <[email protected]> To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Documentation
>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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] 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. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
