What happened with the old knobs is that the material was not fully cured, and they would shrink. So slowly it was like severely over-tightening the knobs. Email or phone call to Elecraft gets you replacements, no questions asked. 73, Guy.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Matt Zilmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Knobs were an issue on early K3s. In my case, #24. I guess it's > possible some of the early defective ones are still in circulation. > Elecraft indicated that they'd solved the problem and replaces > defective knobs for those that find them. I know that they sent me a > replacement AF and RF gain knob, one each. > > 73, > matt W6NIA > > On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:22:54 -0500, you wrote: > > >No problems of this ilk on my 2+ year old K3. > > > >John Ragle -- W1ZI > > > >===== > > > >On 12/21/2011 7:01 AM, Ken Wagner K3IU wrote: > >> G'morning: > >> If you address this problem to K3Support > >> @ elecraft.com, I'm sure that a solution > >> will be provided. > >> 73, > >> Ken K3IU > > > >> On 12/21/2011 6:17 AM, Ricardo Navarrete > >> wrote: > >>> *Hello,* > >>> *I'm having some problems with some of my K3 knobs, I have the AF knob > >>> broken and RF knob seems to be the same way....* > >>> *Do you know if elecraft knows about this issue???* > > > >______________________________________________________________ > >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

