BTW, there's a guy who sells heavy knobs for the K3 main and sub vfos. I treated myself to them and love the main knob. It's a distinct improvement over stock. The sub is a bit less successful, IMHO, because it is a bi oversized and can cause you to hit the RIT knob y mistake. 73, andy ae6y
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Perry" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:19 PM To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Build quality of K3 regarding control knobsandswitches? > The main tuning know is very solid and silky smooth. The ergonomics of > the > K3 is superb in every respect. I particularly like the feel of the push > buttons. A real joy to operate. > > Dave, N4QS > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Build quality of K3 regarding control knobs > andswitches? > > > I don't know what you consider "wobbly" - I find the K34 knobs to be to > my likeing, but since you have doubts, I suggest you go to a hamfest > where Elecraft has a presence, and you can touch and feel the knobs for > yourself before making a decision. > > Yes, there have been some instances where the knobs would split and the > concentric knobs were off-center, but those problems are being addressed > by Elecraft and the defective knobs are being replaced at no cost to the > consumer. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 1/18/2012 10:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> I was wondering what is the build quality as far as the controls go for > the K3? Do the knobs and switches seem to be of high quality and feel? > Especially the main tuning knob. I know it's a great radio overall, but I > don't like wobbly control knobs. Thanks! >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
