[Elecraft] Need for advice was; (More Thorough Documentation)

[Hardy Landskov]

Just my 2 cents on manuals. The N1MM, Logger32, Elecraft, et al all could 
use improvements. My suggestion is to write comments on the sides of each 
page (or somewhere), and when you think you are proficient at whatever you 
are doing, send them to each institution involved (scan, Xerox, whatever). 
Because they can't possiby guess at everyone's mind thinking process. 
Instruction manuals need feedback all the time from the users. We the users 
need to close the loop if we want the product in question to suceed.

When I first turned on the K3 after completing the kit, I said this going to 
take some getting used to. The manual could have softened the blow.
73 Hardy N7RT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need for advice was; (More Thorough Documentation)


> 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 at this stage in the K3
>> development I think there is very little excuse for such a poorly
>> structured reference.  Whether in printed or pdf form it's just awful,
>> and I fully agree that it fails miserably as a marketing tool to attract
>> potential buyers.  The K3 has an unwarranted (in my opinion) reputation
>> as an overly complex rig to set up and operate, but the user manual only
>> accentuates that perception.
>
> I strongly agree.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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