[Elecraft] Locating Information in Elecraft Manuals

[Dauer, Edward]

 I too have occasionally been stumped in finding details in the K3 Manual while using its topical organization.   The Index is helpful but of necessity incomplete.     Another approach is to use a word search function on the .pdf version, which is available on the Elecraft site.  The Adobe reader is also available for free.  

I tried a word search on MIC SEL, as mentioned in the post below.  It produced 14 hits of which one was to the menu entries on page 52, which I think addresses Carl’s question.  Searching for the word ELECTRET gets there as well.

The manuals for all my Elecraft equipment and accessories are downloaded to a laptop.  Since completing the assembly of each, I can’t remember using a paper version.

Ted, KN1CBR

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    Message: 4
    Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:20:59 +0000 (UTC)
    From: w2id at comcast.net
    To: carl at n8vz.com
    Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
    Subject: [Elecraft] Configuring K3S for Heil Mic (or dynamic vs.
    	electret)
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    Hi Carl, 
    
    If your mic requires bias voltage, then when you go into the microphone selection menu on the K3S (tap Menu, then rotate VFO B to select "MIC SEL", then rotate VFO A to select the desired mic input jack(s) (you already did this step), THEN press the number "2" on the K3s front panel number keypad, which will alternately toggle the microphone bias voltage on and off. 
    
    This instruction is buried/hidden in the manual - it does NOT appear on the page where it should appear, i.e. where the MIC SEL menu option is explained. 
    I was planning to make a documentation improvement suggestion to Elecraft at some point about this, but I didn't get around to it yet. It took me a very long time to find it in the manual. 
    
    73, 
    
    John W2ID 
    
    
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