[Elecraft] Update on K4 manuals

[David Box]

What manuals must be completed before hardware ships.
My interpretation is hardware will not ship this month.

de Dave K5MWR 

On September 10, 2020 7:28:21 PM MDT, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic.
>I'm the bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to
>happen, but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that.
>
>There are three major documents in the works:
>
>1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual
>
>This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external
>monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the
>lower-left-hand corner of the LCD.
>
>For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact,
>late next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't
>mind going through 60 pages of text, trying every link. 
>
>In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct
>hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST
>CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated
>with the last operation performed.
>
>2. K4 Owner's Manual 
>
>Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's
>manual will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable
>and indexed .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early
>K4 users have been using a much smaller document that has many of the
>same illustrations.
>
>The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's
>manual, so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former
>is blessed.
>
>3. K4 Programmer's Reference
>
>An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few
>developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available
>for the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But
>we're trying to expedite the public version of the reference so
>developers can take advantage of all of the new features.
>
>* * *
>
>If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't
>answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me
>directly (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more
>popular than usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you
>instantly).
>
>As usual, thanks for your patience. 
>
>73,
>Wayne
>N6KR
>
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