[R-390] TM 11-4000

[Barry Hauser]

Hi Randy

I have a copy too, but better you than me, heh heh.

Some considerations:

1.  It's better to scan and OCR the section.  If you just scan and leave it 
as as bit image/graphic, it will be much larger in terms of file size, and 
you'll probably have to back off on the resolution, resulting in 
grainy-ness.  If the text is OCR'ed, the photos and small line drawings can 
be scanned an incorporated in place in a higher resolution.  Also, true text 
means that the digitized result can be searched for word and part 
references.

2.  Your scanning software may already contain a variant of OCR software. 
They typically have to be "trained" on samples to recognize the type face 
accurately.  Even then, it all has to be proofed word by word and edited. 
There's no such thing as 100% with OCR'ing this stuff.  Also, I think the 
manual is set up as double column.

3.  That said, it might be better to restroke the thing.

4.  The TM-4000 section should be reviewed by some who know the R-390A like 
the back of their hands.  Because it's a training piece, the authors may 
have taken liberties with some of it and may vary from the realities. 
Again, that manual doesn't even mention "R-390A" anywhere, which makes me 
somewhat suspicious of that possibility.

5.  One approach is to divvy up the section between three or four volunteers 
to type it up.  If those guys are also familiar with the R-390A, they may be 
able to detect any anomalies or variances as they do it.

Barry
(the been-there-done-that guy)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <R390rcvr at aol.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:43 AM
Subject: [R-390] TM 11-4000


> Good morning all:
>
> I will take up the cause of scanning in the TM 11-4000. I have a good
> original, which I will unbind to scan in the receiver portion of it. I 
> don't  think
> I can handle the big schematics, and haven't checked them out carefully
> enough to see if they are different from the other manual schematics.
>
> I do think it will be a very handy troubleshooting aid.
>
> Randy
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