Dale, That describes the noise I hear as well.
Let me know if the oil treatment works. Regards, Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Dec 13, 2011, at 12:29 PM, "Dale Boresz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Natan, > > I can hear the same thing here. Decent high frequency hearing and a > reasonably quiet shack are prerequisites to hearing it though. It's a > 'shhhhh' sound that occurs as a result of the surface of the knob > dragging against the felt as the VFO knob is spun. I've considered > applying a light coat of mineral oil to the felt washer to quiet it > down, but haven't tried it yet. NOTE: I am not recommending this; I was > just thinking about trying it... > > 73, Dale > WA8SRA > > > > On 12/13/2011 11:03 AM, Natan Huffman wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> Last Friday I took delivery of a new K3 along with a P3 and lots of >> accessories including Fred Cady's book on the K3. Only problem to date is >> "noisy" VFO knobs. The technique to lessen drag does decrease or eliminate >> the noise which sounds like fingernails dragged across a chalk board and I >> do find that noise most objectionable. >> Of course I can free myself of the noise by backing off the knobs but I'm >> left with no noise, and no drag at all. So my choices are no noise, or no >> drag. No drag leaves me with a >> surprisingly free turning VFO knobs that is problematical and proper drag >> leaves me with that horrible scraping which for me is simply intolerable. >> >> Has anyone come up with this same problem and has found proper mitigation >> solution? >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Natan W6XR, C6AXR, VS6KR >> Freeville, NY >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
