[Elecraft] Fred's HHG vs Elecraft manuals de KE7X

Sun Apr 8 13:33:58 EDT 2018

And don't forget your towel ...

- 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, Past President - NCDXC 

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> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of kevinr
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2018 10:30 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fred's HHG vs Elecraft manuals de KE7X
> 
> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hexagonal Phase is currently being
> broadcast directly from the BBC.  Only one episode left to find out what
happens
> to Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, and her daughter Random.  As for
> Zaphod?  Well, he's just this guy, you know.
> 
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03v379k/episodes/guide
> 
> The first radio show came out in the late 70s.  Now, xx years later, we
are on
> part 6.
> 
>     73,
> 
>         Kevin.  KD5ONS
> 
> 
> On 04/08/2018 07:09 AM, Cady, Fred wrote:
> > Rats, wish I had thought of that!  Maybe the next book . . .
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: kevino z <z_kevino at hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 7:36 AM
> > To: Joan
> > Cc: Cady, Fred; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fred's HHG vs Elecraft manuals de KE7X
> >
> > Yeah, but my copy didn’t have DON’T PANIC written in large, friendly
letters....
> > 73 DE KK4YEL
> >
> > No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large
number
> of electrons were terribly inconvenienced !
> >
> >> On Apr 8, 2018, at 02:27, Joan <joanpatrie at me.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Fred, I’ve just appended my copy of your book to read: The Hitchhikers’
Guide
> to the Elecraft KX2.
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >> ^_^ Joan
> >>
> >> FB es 73 =  KE7X de KX2CW  kn   . .
> >>
> >> Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, said Piglet.
> >> Shaka, when the walls fell, said Pooh.
> >>
> >>> On Apr 7, 2018, at 12:05, Cady, Fred <fcady at montana.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> What makes the KE7X Elecraft book different than the Elecraft owner’s
> manuals?
> >>> Let’s start by saying the KE7X books do not have any information
needed to
> operate the radios that is not in the Elecraft Owner’s manuals.  Owner’s
manuals
> are by design succinct and concise descriptions of the controls and
features of
> the radio.  Elecraft manuals are very well done but I found during my 40+
years
> as an EE prof that there are various ways that people learn.  Some are
visual
> learners and learn by seeing diagrams and images, some can gain
comprehension
> just be reading.  Others are more hands-on learners, needing the “lab
> experience” to cement their understanding of the concepts.  I’m a visual
and
> hands-on learner.  When I first got my K3 I had trouble understanding how
the
> sub receiver worked and what the different antenna switching options were.
So I
> drew it out in a diagram and that made it much more clear to me.  If that
helped
> me, wouldn’t it help others?  So the idea of a K3 book was born.  (The
original
> title was to be “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the K3” but I got talked out of
that!)
> >>> The concept that takes these books beyond the Elecraft manuals is
support
> for the visual, reading, and doing learning styles.    There are many,
many
> diagrams.   In the K3S book there are 131 diagrams, 16 on the sub receiver
alone.
> There are expanded explanations (and diagrams) for all radio operations
and in-
> depth explanations of topics such as the various controls for the
receiver’s AGC.
> And to top it all off, most topics have a “lab exercise” that you can do
sitting at
> your radio to make sure you understand the concept.
> >>> The printed versions of the books all have an index and, of course,
the pdf
> versions can be easily searched for what you are looking for.
> >>>
> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.ke7x.com&data=02
> %7C01%7C%7C9f89f0d9820449cbbfc208d59d19deae%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435
> aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636587656789761289&sdata=Vm0EbZlIY7l%2BlaY
> sff7q5hyZ%2BQ1UTYUiOAiME5fDIqk%3D&reserved=0<https://nam03.safelinks.p
> rotection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ke7x.com&data=02%7C01%7
> C%7C9f89f0d9820449cbbfc208d59d19deae%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaa
> aaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636587656789761289&sdata=ZyBT4gyj%2FeHpFIVe6jzaHkb
> vmMz6QiLfpJq8%2FC8CXiQ%3D&reserved=0> has more information on all 12
> current KE7X Elecraft books with tables of contents and ordering
information.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>> Fred
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >>> <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Mike Markowski
> >>> <mike.ab3ap at gmail.com>
> >>> Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2018 12:04 PM
> >>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fred's vs Elecraft manuals
> >>>
> >>> Fred and all,
> >>>
> >>> Can you describe in general how your books differ from Elecraft
manuals?
> >>> I haven't found Elecaft manuals to be lacking and very much like how
> >>> direct and concise they are.  Your books are popular, making me
> >>> wonder what you've added?
> >>>
> >>> Tnx es 73!
> >>> Mike ab3ap
> >>>
> >>>> On 04/07/2018 11:39 AM, Cady, Fred wrote:
> >>>> Hi Neil
> >>>>
> >>>> No never did a K2 book.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry the 15% discount at Lulu doesn't apply to pdf files.
> >>>>
> >>>> The K3S, KX3, and KX2 hard copy books are only available through
Elecraft.
> Sorry about that too.
> >>>>
> >>>> Fred KE7X
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