"Introduction to the Elecraft K4" manual now available

[wayne burdick]

The first draft of "Introduction to the Elecraft K4" is now available, at:

  https://ftp.elecraft.com/K4/Manuals%20Downloads/Introduction%20to%20the%20Elecraft%20K4,%20rev.%20A-7.pdf

This is a 40-page, full-color manual with dozens of illustrations highlighting the K4's user interface and features. The document's 8.5 x 14" form factor is uniquely suited to the K4, allowing illustrations to be virtually the same size as the front panel. A printed, spiral-bound copy of this manual will be included with the K4.

I'd like to thank those who volunteered to review this and other K4 documentation, including our intrepid field testers. Additional input is always welcome. We'll be updating these documents as K4 software evolves.

73,
Wayne
N6KR





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[Tom Azlin W7SUA-2]

Very nice intro, thanks! de tom w7sua

On 9/24/2020 10:49 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> The first draft of "Introduction to the Elecraft K4" is now available, at:
>
>    https://ftp.elecraft.com/K4/Manuals%20Downloads/Introduction%20to%20the%20Elecraft%20K4,%20rev.%20A-7.pdf
>
> This is a 40-page, full-color manual with dozens of illustrations highlighting the K4's user interface and features. The document's 8.5 x 14" form factor is uniquely suited to the K4, allowing illustrations to be virtually the same size as the front panel. A printed, spiral-bound copy of this manual will be included with the K4.
>
> I'd like to thank those who volunteered to review this and other K4 documentation, including our intrepid field testers. Additional input is always welcome. We'll be updating these documents as K4 software evolves.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR

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[Buck]

First glance, it is really well done.  I love the yellow arrows and hate
it when a manual says push the X button but you have no idea where the X
button is.

Buck, k4ia
Honor Roll
8BDXCC
EasyWayHamBooks.com

On 9/24/2020 1:49 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> The first draft of "Introduction to the Elecraft K4" is now available, at:
>
>    https://ftp.elecraft.com/K4/Manuals%20Downloads/Introduction%20to%20the%20Elecraft%20K4,%20rev.%20A-7.pdf
>
> This is a 40-page, full-color manual with dozens of illustrations highlighting the K4's user interface and features. The document's 8.5 x 14" form factor is uniquely suited to the K4, allowing illustrations to be virtually the same size as the front panel. A printed, spiral-bound copy of this manual will be included with the K4.
>
> I'd like to thank those who volunteered to review this and other K4 documentation, including our intrepid field testers. Additional input is always welcome. We'll be updating these documents as K4 software evolves.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
>
>
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[Lou W0FK]

My computer monitor has finger smudges on it now....

Lou, W0FK



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[Roy Koeppe]

Excellent! I'm looking forward to generating many new synapses!

Roy,   K6XK

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[David Haines]

Like most of you, I can't wait to get my hands on a K4, but it will be
the kit form, which will be awhile.

Meanwhile I want to toss out something about RFI, which of course can be
an issue for a really sensitive transciever like the K4.

One of my engineer sons sent me the following link about Furniture ESD. 
Is it for real?  Is this something else we have to worry about while
using our new K4's?

http://www.emcesd.com/pdf/eos93.pdf

73,
david KC1DNY
Still very happy with my KX3, but dreaming ... .
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[Phil Kane-2]

On 9/24/2020 4:21 PM, David Haines wrote:

> One of my engineer sons sent me the following link about Furniture ESD. 
> Is it for real?  Is this something else we have to worry about while
> using our new K4's?

The document said in part "The only clue to the problem was that the
malfunction seemed to be related to a person rising from a chair...."

Tell me something that I don't know.  In the 1950s (when I was first
licensed) my parents' dinette set was of the then-popular
chrome-and-vinyl construction, and every time I got up from the chair I
would get zapped in the back of my knees.  Static electricity  generated
by cloth sliding on the plastic.  I cured the problem by touching  a
table fork or spoon to the metal chair rung to discharge the spark.  I
was under the impression that this was cured by switching to an
anti-static type of plastic or fabric some time ago.

It's "great" that all that time and brain power was spent on
rediscovering the wheel. Are chrome-and-vinyl dinette sets still being sold?

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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[Rich NE1EE]

On 2020-09-24 19:21:-0400, David Haines wrote:

>http://www.emcesd.com/pdf/eos93.pdf
>
>73,
>david KC1DNY

The article is dated 1993.

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[Charlie T, K3ICH]

If you try to keep the humidity in your house above about 40%, it MAY help
for those shocks you get when you shuffle across the room and turn on an a
light switch or something grounded.
You might notice that you don't get those shocks in the summer, since the
ambient humidity is usually much higher than in winter, unless of course,
you live in a super low humidity area of the world.

Here in Virginia, we run the de-humidifiers in the summer and humidifiers in
the winter to try to control the relative humidity in the house.
The normal air conditioning helps a lot in the summer, but it still gets
humid in the basement for example.
You also have to be careful of too high humidity to prevent mold from
forming.

73, Charlie k3ICH


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On 2020-09-24 19:21:-0400, David Haines wrote:

>http://www.emcesd.com/pdf/eos93.pdf
>
>73,
>david KC1DNY

The article is dated 1993.
 

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