After the perfect manual has been written in English, a useful next step
IMHO would be to have the manual translated properly into some other
language(s). Expensive yes, but there must be a large number of Elecraft's
customers, and potential customers, who have difficulty with English. A
Bill,
FWIW: my background is EE with a minor in Industrial Psych (specifically Human
Factors / Ergonomics / Usability Engineering). One book which resonated with me
as an engineer is Psychology of Everyday Things. In it, the author discusses
mental models, and those of the developer vs. those
On 12/7/2010 6:24 AM, samuel ernst-fortin wrote:
Bill,
FWIW: my background is EE with a minor in Industrial Psych (specifically Human
Factors / Ergonomics / Usability Engineering). One book which resonated with
me
as an engineer is Psychology of Everyday Things. In it, the author discusses
Don,
I wager you are underestimating. I would bet the number of additional sales
would be 1,000+, HEAVY on the plus. Also I fear that MANY people monitor
the noise on this list and go on to other radios after monitoring for only a
short time.
73,
Another Don, WB5HAK
I've owned my K3 for roughly two years, use it a lot, and I love it. I
think I know how most of it works and how to set it up, but there is
simply no question that the K3 user manual is a horrible piece of
documentation. There is a lot of information there, but it is
fragmented and terribly
Sam,
The short version of what you say below is, in my words, If I can't carry it to
the thrown with me it's of no help.
However, it does seem that there are book sellers and writers out there that are
diligently trying to solve my problem. I love my BN NookBook ;o) and have the
Elecraft
On 12/7/2010 9:16 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
there is
simply no question that the K3 user manual is a horrible piece of
documentation. There is a lot of information there, but it is
fragmented and terribly organized. I could understand how the manual
might be weak coming out of the chute, but
H, I wonder why one of you guys that know how it should done, don't go
ahead and write the perfect manual. (Seriously) Perhaps Elecraft would buy
it. Or this could be your donation to your fellow K3 owners. It would save
a lot of space on the reflector too. Only those who can't read
to
take some getting used to. The manual could have softened the blow.
73 Hardy N7RT
- Original Message -
From: Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need for advice was; (More Thorough Documentation
Or set up a wiki and let it be a community effort.
73,
Jim - W4BQP
K2 #2268
On 12/7/2010 8:37 PM, w2b...@aol.com wrote:
H, I wonder why one of you guys that know how it should done, don't go
ahead and write the perfect manual. (Seriously) Perhaps Elecraft would buy
it. Or this could be
- Ken, VE3HLS
--- On Tue, 12/7/10, w2b...@aol.com w2b...@aol.com wrote:
From: w2b...@aol.com w2b...@aol.com
Subject: [Elecraft] Need for advice was; (More Thorough Documentation
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 8:37 PM
H, I wonder why one of you guys
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