No abuse to the radio at all. The material appears to be too brittle. Slightly torque the set screw and the knob will split. Eric already said the composition has been changed to fix this, so there was a problem.
Andreas, N6NU On May 17, 2009, at 8:25 AM, [email protected] wrote: > For the life of me I cannot imagine what is being done to the radio > to cause destruction of the original knobs. > > I would not want to be the second owner of those radios as I shudder > to think what the rest of the radio has been subjected to. > > Just my initial thought. > > My K3 is well over one year old and exhibits no wear and tear, it > has been transported often, used in the field as well as numerous > operators and still looks and works just like it did on day one. > > Gary > Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
