The gritty-ness is not a problem...you are actually feeling the
detents in the encoder. These are encoders and not pots. I had never
noticed the slight side to side movement of the shafts.
Stan Rife
W5EWA
Houston, TX
K2 SN 4216
K3 SN 0690
G4ILO wrote:
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.
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Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392
G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com
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