I may be biased (I designed the K3's knobs, switches, LCD, and packaging with intent to have everything match, aesthetically), but I strongly recommend *not* changing the knobs to anything else.
If you're only doing it because you have one that's defective, please request a replacement from Elecraft. We had a batch manufactured with the wrong material, and I thought we had sent replacements to all affected K3 owners, but perhaps not. If you're doing it because you'd like machined aluminum knobs rather than plastic, send me a private email telling me how much you'd be willing to pay for a complete set of them :) It is certainly possible to have them made from aluminum, but the cost would be dramatically higher. Off the top of my head I'm guessing it would have added $150-200 to the cost of the radio. Mouser aluminum knobs (or any other off-the-shelf knobs) will not match the K3. I'd rather design new ones from scratch. But I personally like the molded plastic knobs, which are easy on the fingers. 73, Wayne N6KR [email protected] wrote: >> To be honest I don't think they suit the look of the K3. They don't >> even >> match the other knobs. It might be a solution in ten years time >> when a knob >> breaks and Elecraft doesn't make them any more, but that's the >> situation I'd >> really like to avoid. ______________________________________________________________ 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
