People will change the ID any way they want. If that includes
changing knobs to something that wasn't custom designed, seems like
there's nothing to be done. There was someone who put on a bluish
sidelight some time ago, and another that modified control labels.
Even one that stenciled something
One excellent long-term solution was proposed by James, K2QI. I have since
ordered my own set of nested aluminum knobs for the RF/AF controls and they
are far better in fit, finish, and usability than Elecraft's stock knob set.
But, they are also relatively expensive.
The knobs are machined
P.B. Christensen wrote:
One excellent long-term solution was proposed by James, K2QI.
[snip]
Anyway, this is the [Mouser] part number again for anyone interested:
506-KN5700B1/4
In that thread James posted a coouple of pictures of those knobs. One is
here:
My knobs broke after I had owned My K3 for about six months and Elecraft
quickly sent me a replacement set, but I elected to buy the Mouser knobs
anyway and I love them (many thanks to James). Yes, they look a bit
different but I value functionality over appearance. Besides, the
Mouser
p.s. Didn't Eric or Wayne just ask everyone to top post to this reflector?
Yes, but sometimes other formats just seem to be so fitting to the existing
structure of the message.
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Is there a Mouser black metal knob replacement for the 4 knobs to the
right of those two so that the whole group of 6 sets look the same?
One excellent long-term solution was proposed by James, K2QI.
Anyway, this is the [Mouser] part number again for anyone interested:
506-KN5700B1/4
In
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
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 has made available a new
Grant Youngman wrote:
Elecraft has made available a new composition knob that will apparently
cause the set screws to pulverize before the plastic cracks. Just contact
support.
The question in my mind is whether only those who had knobs from the bad
batch will have this problem or
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 5:43 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Broken AF knob and bad service to geta
replacement
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:36:04 -0800, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com
wrote:
The broken knobs can also be caused by tightening the set screw too
tight. If one has a tendency to tighten everything until they get
blisters on there fingers they will eventually crack one of those
knobs. I'm not
I have #1029 and no problems so far with the original knobs. I use the
rig almost every day. Also the ambient temperature and humidity
variations are fairly variable here as well, if that means anything.
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73,
Drew
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On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:52:27 -0500, you wrote:
I have serial nr 1605,
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