[R-390] Fw: Best manual for R-390A? (YK2 ... YK3?)

[Tisha Hayes]

The Y2K tome has a few incarnations. The latest that is out there is Y2K-R3
(revision 3). It is available for download at;

http://www.r-390a.net/Y2K-R3/index.htm

After Perry ambushed me <j/k> I will be working on -R4 (revision 4). 95% of
the grunt work was done by Perry and the 32 or so folks who contributed to
this point (credits found on Chapter 0, page 2).

The objectives of the Y2K tome is listed on page 2;

The stated goals of this project are to:

*1. Re-create the 1985 U.S. Navy Manual in a format that would allow
addition of
commentaries, footnotes, and additional information.

2. Replace the poor black-and-white photographic images with new color
plates. (there are just some views that the original manual did not include,
as resources permit those will be documented more thoroughly)

3. Replace the line and schematic drawings with newly drawn ones.

4. Add footnotes referencing related documentation, attributing the
additional material and corrections to the authors, and explaining unclear
passages in the text. (the more often a question gets repeated on the
reflector the more likely it will be expanded upon in the -R4 release)

5. Update the parts lists with currently available components. (put them in
an Excel Spreadsheet like format)

6. Add descriptions, methods, and suggestions that were not covered in the
original manual.* *(* modifications *)*

My stewardship is to continue in the pursuit of these goals and to bring the
best of what this reflector has to offer in the appendices. There are
several active members of this list who have expressed a willingness to
continue to contribute and we will attempt to gather their collective wisdom
in the -R4 release.

The Y2K and it's releases is a "living document" that will grow and clarify
over time. It is available as several downloads by chapter. Hint, you will
end up going through a tree's worth of paper to print the entire document. I
have one copy done on high grade presentation type paper and it completely
fills a 3" ring binder. I have been asked by someone on the list if it was
possible to run off bound copies and make them available to those who cannot
or do not wish to work with an electronic copy. I imagine the cost of
getting it professionally printed as some place like Kinkos would cost
upwards of a hundred dollars. As chapters will go through revisions on a
semi-regular basis a printed copy will be out of date, almost as soon as it
is printed.
-- 
Ms. Tisha Hayes/ AA4HA
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"I'll be a diode, cathode, electrode
Overload, generator, oscillator
Make a circuit with me." -- The Polecats