I wasn't suggesting that Elecraft "issue a new manual" with every
firmware release, just that it institute a "change page" system.
Currently the K3 documentation is confused at best. According to the
release notes, the latest MCU is 4.77, but my radio was back to the
factory early this year, and it now reports an installed MCU version of
5.66. Oddly, though, the K3 Utility says that 4.67 is still the latest
available. There are similar discontinuities in the FPF and DSP
firmware. So I have absolutely no idea what's changed in my radio.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 5/23/2019 4:14 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Pete,
If you download the newest manual, you will have the most up to date
information that is printed in the manual.
Above and beyond that (and equally important), you should pay
attention to the Firmware Release Notes. They are on the website and
also included on the K3 Utility Help Tab.
Those Firmware Release changes also constitute changes/additions to
whatever level manual you have. So if you mark up you manual starting
with each firmware release after the date in the manual, you will have
all the information in the manual.
I don't think it is practical for Elecraft to issue a new manual with
each firmware release.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 5/23/2019 3:55 PM, N4ZR wrote:
One of the nice things about Elecraft gear is the continuous
improvement that goes on, even years after initial release.
Unfortunately, these improvements are often only documented at
release time, and nine years' worth (in my case) is hard to organize.
Recently, I ran into issues with my middle-aged K3 that turned out to
be caused by a change in functionality undocumented in my manual
from 2010, which I inadvertently triggered.
Why wouldn't it be possible to put someone to work identifying which
pages in each manual have been changed or added and then producing
"change pages" that we could print out and insert - for example a new
page 6, and pages 6a, 6b etc., as needed to bring the manual back in
sync with the hardware.
It seems to me that this job, while boring, wouldn't be that
difficult, and the benefits to us customers seem obvious.
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