Bob K9PAG wrote: > > My kit K3 #818 came with the shafts on the four small dual function knobs > lose and the associated pots feeling like they were gritty when turned. > Sure not as smooth and nice as my ICOM 746! Wonder how many #800 units > experienced this problem or is it just me? The lose shafts and gritty > feeling when turned reminds me of cheap volume controls on a Chinese > radio. And how many have experienced a DOA KSYN3 (synthesizer) board in > your kit? In addition, how many of you have experienced missing hardware > in your kit making it difficult to complete? I sure would hate to be > living overseas, missing US nuts and screws, and waiting for the next boat > to arrive with needed parts. Moral: Next time I will buy a radio that is > fully assembled. > My four dual function knobs move from side to side a bit and I suppose they could be described as gritty when turned. I hadn't considered it a problem. They do the job.
I did have a faulty internal shield and a faceplate for the KIO module that was stencilled on the wrong side. Elecraft sent replacements which arrived in about a week. Fortunately neither of these were show stoppers. I agree it's frustrating, but mistakes happen. I still would rather have had the experience of assembling the K3 than avoid these minor issues by having it ready built. ----- Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Knob-shaft-and-pot-issues-tp17066356p17066646.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
