K3 Pre Release Manual

[w7aqk]

I downloaded mine (with no problem from Eric's first post), and I have
skimmed through it.  Looks pretty good to me.  My only complaint, from that
limited "look-see", is that just about all the photographs seem pretty
marginal.  They are certainly good enough for the purpose of showing what
needs to be connected to what, etc., but they sure lack sharpness.  I wonder
what camera they used?  I would suggest an upgrade.

But, alas, this is the "Assembly Manual", and not the "Operating Manual".  I
suspect most were hoping for the latter.  But the assembly manual did
confirm one thing for sure--no soldering iron required!  At least I didn't
see anything saying you would need one, but I might have missed something.

Obviously though, we are getting closer--much closer hopefully.  I've been
spending the summer up on the Oregon coast, and for much of it I've been
wondering if I should give Elecraft a different shipping address.  But it
now appears I will be back in Arizona by the time the radio ships, so not to
worry I guess.  this causes me to have another serious concern.  What if the
radio comes just when I really need to be spending time removing all the
weeds that have probably invaded my yard over the summer?  Decisions!
Decisions!  Guess which task will be put on the back burner!!!!

Dave W7AQK



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[Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO]

Dave,

The resolution of photo graphics in a PDF file is not usually a function of
the camera -- it's usually a functon of a trade-off made by the tech writer
between high resolution and a manageable PDF file size. This manual if made
with full-resolution photos would probably be about 30 MB rather than 3 MB.
Most people wouldn't like that, some people would. You can't please all the
people all the time...  :-)

Bill / W5WVO


David Yarnes wrote:

> I downloaded mine (with no problem from Eric's first post), and I have
> skimmed through it.  Looks pretty good to me.  My only complaint,
> from that limited "look-see", is that just about all the photographs
> seem pretty marginal.  They are certainly good enough for the purpose
> of showing what needs to be connected to what, etc., but they sure
> lack sharpness.  I wonder what camera they used?  I would suggest an
> upgrade.
> But, alas, this is the "Assembly Manual", and not the "Operating
> Manual".  I suspect most were hoping for the latter.  But the
> assembly manual did confirm one thing for sure--no soldering iron
> required!  At least I didn't see anything saying you would need one,
> but I might have missed something.
> Obviously though, we are getting closer--much closer hopefully.  I've
> been spending the summer up on the Oregon coast, and for much of it
> I've been wondering if I should give Elecraft a different shipping
> address.  But it now appears I will be back in Arizona by the time
> the radio ships, so not to worry I guess.  this causes me to have
> another serious concern.  What if the radio comes just when I really
> need to be spending time removing all the weeds that have probably
> invaded my yard over the summer?  Decisions! Decisions!  Guess which
> task will be put on the back burner!!!!
> Dave W7AQK
>
>
>
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[Julian, G4ILO]

... and Elecraft's server would probably have gone down under the load
of 1,000 x 30MB near-simultaneous downloads! :)

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On 9/11/07, Bill W5WVO <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> This manual if made
> with full-resolution photos would probably be about 30 MB rather than 3 MB.
> Most people wouldn't like that
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