[Elecraft] K3 Manual Question

[Bill W5WVO]

Craig D. Smith wrote:

> I guess the options would be . . . making
> the pages replaceable individually in some
> kind of attractive and convenient sized
> binder system.  Any thoughts?

Yeah. That, what you said.  :-)

The manuals I've obtained for some of my boatanchor (military) equipment are 
loose-leaf, three-ring punched. This scheme makes a lot of sense for any 
evolving entity that needs to be documented.

When there is a change, pages are simply deleted, replaced, and/or added. The 
page numbering system uses military-style paragraph reference numbering rather 
than serial numbering, so added pages don't change the numbering of the 
existing pages unless new sections are added (and then you would just replace 
the remainder of the chapter). You can make such pages just as attractive as 
pages in any other kind of binding, and you could ship the pages as a block of 
unbound paper, with the user supplying a binder of his choice obtainable from 
any office supply store. You could use paper with a plastic-reinforced edge so 
the three-hole binding wouldn't tear out. Updates could be shipped in a 
regular-size manilla envelope with a reinforcing cardboard sheet.

What's wrong with doing it that way? There must be something wrong with it, 
because nobody in the ham world is doing it. Would most hams not like such a 
manual scheme? I sure would.

Bill / W5WVO

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