Yes, I did see the smiley and knew you were making a joke. But, it was a valid rhetorical question since there are obviously a number of people who do not always read the release notes.
- phil from Kirkland On Jun 15, 2014, at 7:17 AM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > It was a joke, son: Didn't you see the smiley, Phil? > > And regarding the situation in question: > To enable automatic KAT500 VFO tracking: > - Locate the K3's CONFIG:KAT3 menu entry, > - Tap '1' until you see "KAT500Y". (The other selection is "KAT500N", > the default, which turns VFO tracking off.) > I did check and my K3 was configured correctly. There are so many > configuration settings that it was worth a check, though my system has been > functioning just fine. > > 73, Phil > > On 6/14/14, 9:35 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: >> On Jun 14, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Phil, >>> >>> Who reads release notes? :-) >>> >> Actually, I always read the release notes, you learn things that often are >> never written up anywhere else. Or, as in this case, when release notes >> also double as documentation for a new function -- sort of a mini >> pre-release of formal documentation to be updated. >> >> I also always read the Preface of books, all books. On some technical >> books, I peruse the index because often times there are little jewels of >> information hidden away in the index. An index is not just a list of words >> referenced in the book -- it contains nifty cross-references and often times >> other terms that of related information. >> >> And, when I read technical books (usually Physics and Math) I study the >> background of the author. Sometimes, if Physics, I am reading some of their >> published papers (I am a member of APS primarily to gain access to physics >> research papers). >> >> Yes, I do read release notes and many times I even print them out and >> include in my notebook collection of things about the Elecraft rigs. >> >> 73, phil, K7PEH >> >> P.S. I usually do not read the actual user documentation before trying out >> things though. I need to get better at that. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
