Gary NL7Y wrote:
Has anyone other then me had one of the inter knobs for the RF or AF gain
break?
Ron NA9F
Had two crack S/N 2324, one ea. inner and outer. Called Elecraft Parts, and
replacements send no questions. Removing the cracked knobs took too much
torque on the small set screws.
Has anyone other then me had one of the inter knobs for the RF or AF gain
break? Came in, turned on the rig and reached up and turned the RF gain down
and low and behold the little knob fell off the shaft. It was broken right
where one of the set screws was located. I see there is no brass
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 RF knob Broken
Has anyone other then me had one of the inter knobs for the RF or AF gain
break? Came in, turned on the rig and reached up and turned the RF gain
down and low and behold the little knob fell off the shaft. It was broken
right
I had an outer (larger) knob fail. Elecraft replaced it under warranty.
K3 #22, replacment last week.
73, doug
From: Ron Hinton rjhin...@verizon.net
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:45:22 -0500
Has anyone other then me had one of the inter knobs for the RF or AF =
gain break? Came in,
Ron,
Just send a request to pa...@elecraft.com and a new one will be sent
out immediately. It's possible that either the set screw was
over-tightened or that there was a defect not caught in QA. Either way,
we'd like the broken one back so we can get it to the vendor for
analysis.
This is a
Ron:
I've seen one other knob broken... as a result of someone having tightened the
setscrew WAY(!!!) too much! In fact, I rounded off the corners of the little
Allen wrench trying to get the darn thing loose.
Folks (esp. those building their K3s) should be instructed to 'snug' the
setscrews
...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron Hinton
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:45 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 RF knob Broken
Has anyone other then me had one of the inter knobs for the RF or AF gain
break? Came in, turned on the rig and reached up and turned the RF
outer ring broke and
while I was looking at it the inner knob broke also. Elecraft could do well if
they found something better quality.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Tue, 2/3/09, Ron Hinton rjhin...@verizon.net wrote:
From: Ron Hinton rjhin...@verizon.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 RF knob
Metal or Brass insert! Not just plastic.
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of WILLIS COOKE
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:14 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 RF knob Broken
I don't know
Yep! I broke one too. Has since held up ok helped by a couple of small
spots of epoxy glue - now I'm more careful with the Allen wrench!
73 de Mike, zl1mh.
K2s #0681 2681.
K3 #0215.
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Ron Hinton a écrit :
Has anyone other then me had one of the inter knobs for the RF or AF
gain break? Came in, turned on the rig and reached up and turned the
RF gain down and low and behold the little
Has anyone other then me had one of the inter knobs for the RF or AF gain
break?
Ron NA9F
Had two crack S/N 2324, one ea. inner and outer. Called Elecraft Parts, and
replacements send no questions. Removing the cracked knobs took too much
torque on the small set screws. The set screws were
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