Rudi, Why are you suffering with that broken knob problem? Elecraft recognized that the early knobs were breaking and had them re-constructed with stronger material. Replacement knobs have been available at no cost. Send an email to [email protected] and ask for the new knobs.
73, Don W3FPR On 6/22/2011 2:16 AM, hb9ari wrote: > Hello, > > I also have a "problem" with concentric knobs.(K3 #1212) > An external one was broken since the beginning. > The 1st time i move it, he was slipping over the shaft; > as it's related to the sub-receiver, i don't ask for a new one. > > The only annoying problem i get since some time is an > unstable contact at the rear line-out min-jack (3.5mm) connector. > (i suspect the audio input too) As the #1212 is out of warranty, > i've planned to find a more reliable solution, excluding these > 2 mini-jacks. One of my task during next vacations ( in 3 weeks) > > Otherwise, always 100% fan of my K3 ! > > 73 QRO, > Rudi, HB9ARI > > > > > On 22.06.2011 05:06, tomb18 wrote: >> Ok, >> >> I have found my first glitch with the K3. The concentric knob holes are so >> out of round that I cannot get the knobs to work unless the smaller one is >> way above the other. Is this a problem with my knobs or are they all like >> that? When all is said and done, I paid over 5k for this radio and the knobs >> are really poor whereas everything else is top notch. >> If they are all like that, are there alternatives that look the same? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Concentric-knobs-tp6502754p6502754.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
