[Heathkit] heathkit manual sacrilege

[Greg]

Hearhkit manuals are written for the assembly process mostly.  Stuff like 
this happens if you  are troubleshooting or restoring. Here and there are 
the "mystery components". Easy to identify if you are building the circuit 
due to the numeric id and the written id on the paper package.  Heathkit did 
miss a few here and there.
If you want to see a real mistake look at the capacitor list in the Collins 
75A4 manual.  Oops!
73's
Greg
WA7LYO
Kinston NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward B Richards" <zuu6k at juno.com>
To: <eugene at hertzmail.com>
Cc: <k4zrd at hotmail.com>; <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] heathkit manual sacrilege


> Hi Gene;
>
> I pulled my SB-610 manual and found it quite clear. I have worked on many
> heathkits and never found this a problem. The pictorials show the value
> of the part and the schematic shows both the component designation and
> the value of the part. The parts list shows the part number, the quantity
> and the reference number in the parts pictorial. I don't see why you
> would require more information than this. It would just clutter up the
> drawings. Can you describe what you are trying to do that lacks the info
> you want?
>
> 73 from Ed Richards K6UUZ
> Simi Valley, CA. Home of Air
> Force 1 pavilion
> scribe what you are trying to do that lacks the info you want?
>
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:42:00 -0400 <eugene at hertzmail.com> writes:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I know that the Heathkit manuals are often held up as an example of
>> excellence in manual writing. With that in mind, I may be about to
>> blaspheme here...
>>
>> I am working to recap a SB-610 monitor scope (with the help of
>> K4ZRD).
>> It is one of my first attempts to work on a heathkit.  There is one
>> thing that is making parts identification more difficult than
>> necessary
>> by many hours. There is no correlation anywhere that I can see
>> between
>> heathkit part number (ie 23-11), schematic designation (c311)
>> and/or
>> pictorial!
>>
>> I think the manual could have been much better by any one or all of
>> the
>> following changes
>> 1. Add schematic designations to the parts list (ie 23-63
>> C301,C304)
>> 2. Add part numbers onto the circuit diagram (ie show both C301 and
>> 23-63) if possible
>> 3. Add part numbers or schematic designations to the pictorials.
>> Right
>> now, the pictorials for a cap say something like ".1 600V" if it
>> only
>> said ".1 600V C311" or ".1 600v 23-11"
>>
>> If only one of more of the above were done in the manual, this
>> would
>> have been soooo much better.  I know that the pictorials are often
>> tight
>> on space. And also schematics are often tight on space. So at a
>> minimum,
>> it would have been much more helpful if the parts list showed the
>> schematic part.
>>
>> Am I missing something? Am I the only one who feels this way? Is
>> this
>> how all heathkit manuals are?
>>
>> No disrespect intended!
>> Eugene W2HX
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