[Elecraft] K3 Pre Release Manual

[Bill W5WVO]

I hear you, Fred. And I personally would fall into the camp that would prefer 
a 30MB manual with high-res photos.  :-)  But as a tech writer for a major 
silicon valley semiconductor company, I know that PDF file size is always a 
bone of contention. Short of offering two different versions of the manual 
(and I don't know of anyone who has actually done that), I doubt there's any 
way to meet everybody's expectations. Especially in the amateur market, there 
are a lot of customers whose only practical Internet solution is still modem 
dial-up, not necessarily because of the expense of broadband, but because 
broadband simply isn't available short of satellite (very expensive by 
comparison, and not all that broad anyway). Since the US is practically a 
generation behind most other industrial countries in the universal deployment 
of a true broadband infrastructure, and seems politically indisposed to pull 
development of this vital national resource into the public sector where it 
rightfully belongs, I don't expect this situation to change in the near 
future.

Bill / W5WVO


Fred (FL) wrote:
> It's not a matter of ".... can't please all of the .."
> regarding the LOW REZ almost FUZZY photos.  In 2007
> there is not need to take photos which are not clear,
> almost whatever the rez is set to.  My Canon A95
> takes much clearer digital photos, at all
> resolutions.  In FINAL MANUAL - can someone retake
> the photos, and get clear crisp ones?
>
> 200k or 300k photos, are normally MUCH clearer
> than these.
>
> If I have to build the K3, using identification
> with some of these fuzzy photos - perhaps I'd
> better buy the finished K3 instead of the
> kit I ordered.
>
> If the K3 Manual goes to 30meg, that is not
> a problem for many of us.  And the rest, can
> buy a HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS version, from
> Elecraft, or sign up for roadrunner cable.
>
> If you're running AOL or Earthlink - you
> shouldn't even be trying to read the
> manual.
>
> Fred,
> de N3CSY
>
>
>
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