On 4/17/2011 7:42 AM, Bill Henderson wrote: > 8 pages of revision in a 27 page > document is way too much.
What you're complaining about is one of Elecraft's greatest strengths. When Yaecomwood upgrades a product, it gets a new model number, and if you already own the older one, you have to buy the new one and sell the old (at a loss, of course) to get the improvements. Elecraft has done it very differently -- they have designed a radio that is both modular and utilizes DSP extensively in a manner that allows major upgrades simply by rewriting firmware that programs the DSP, that we download and install. Those improvements, mostly new features and more flexible use of controls, must be described in the manual operationally, hence the revisions. All that is free to users, but it certainly isn't free for Elecraft. And occasionally upgrades are made to the hardware, some of which can be purchased by owners. Like you, I consider the errata to be a huge PITA -- what is needed is a manual that is continuously updated and downloadable with all the changes integrated in a logical stream. That happens periodically with Elecraft manuals -- I downloaded a new K3 manual a year or two ago then printed out pages with significant changes and stuck them between pages in the manual that had come with the radio. I haven't taken the time to see if a new P3 manual is available, but firmware for the P3 is still evolving, with VERY useful features being added as they are suggested by users and can be implemented. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ______________________________________________________________ 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
