To me, a "Ham" is someone who can do for a dime what anyone can do for a dollar (Oh, wait! That's the definition of an engineer! Well, one in the same to me. That's the definition of ingenuity too.)
So I have my stock knob on my K2. As others pointed out, it's important to adjust the felt tension correctly but, once that's done, the stock knob turns smoothly and stays "put" when you let go. I haven't even bothered with a finger dimple. It only takes the lightest touch on the face of the knob to turn it, so I couldn't see the advantage of having to touch a specific spot. Besides, sometimes I like to run my finger around the outer perimeter instead to turn it. Now, I'll readily admit that the edge of the "stock" knob is a bit sharp there. It should have been a smoothly rounded edge. I know of at least one op who put his on a lathe to turn off that sharp edge. In my case I have a nice, soft, wide rubber "tire" on the knob that provides a smooth, comfortable edge for my finger to twirl or my fingers to grab the knob and turn it if I choose. The tire was free. It came from the green grocer holding a bunch of carrots together. Like as said about a dime and a dollar....and "free" is even better, Hi Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Agreed, the F-Dimp is all important. And after all the hours spent adjusting the allen screws to eliminate any eccentricity of the tuning knob it does give the final touch. I like the Elecraft knob. Works fine, looks good, and isn't an additional cost to the kit. Looking at my Yaesu and Icom rigs they would just be wrong. Without the skirt a Drake C-Line knob might look nice. But that would be so wrong in so many ways. (Drakes are to some of us what Collins are to others.) Joe N9JR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
