I have only had my K3 since January but no noise. I have mine set pretty loose. I wonder if you could turn the pad over. If that stops the noise maybe just replacing the pad would work.
Joe K2UF No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many electrons were inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:14 PM To: Dale Boresz Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] noisy VFO's 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
