[Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction

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I agree with Alexander .  The manual is fine as is.  A Wiki type online resource with company and user input would be fantastic.  N1MM has recently revamped their online user guide into levels--Getting Started, Digging Deeper and References.

Dave, N4QS

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-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Sack <pisymbol at gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:12:19 
To: Wayne Burdick<n6kr at elecraft.com>
Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; Ralph Parker<ve7xf at dccnet.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> Don Cunningham wrote:
>
>> We were PROMISED an "enhanced" manual around Christmas, 2010...
>
> A new operating manual actually was written, by a third party (based
> on their enthusiastic pitch, we agreed to let them have a crack at
> it). But when we reviewed it last month, we had very significant
> differences over style and content. So we're back to the drawing
> board, looking for possible authors. Our own tech writer would do an
> excellent job, but he's scheduled out many months on project manuals.

Wayne:

I know this may not be the most popular opinion but the fact is in my
opinion, you don't need an updated manual.  Trying to develop the
perfect manual is a complete loss leader with very little return.
Trying to write a long compendium about an evolving product makes
absolutely no sense to me!  :-)

What you do need is an Elecraft Wiki where you can leverage the
strong/knowledgeable/enthusiastic customer base to generate helpful
content in addition to this list.  A content management system of some
type (Joomla, Wiki, Knowledge-base, etc.) would not only provide a
forum in which Elecraft could write more in-depth articles about
various popular topics but also be self-updating to some extent.
Users of Elecraft products would help in managing, updating, and
contributing content on a regular basis.  Obviously this has to be a
managed site to some extent with Elecraft having the final say about
certain types of content, but it seems to me a no brain-er that a lot
of the information disseminated on the this mailing list should be
aggregated to a central site.

73

-aps
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