[Elecraft] FT-100 Tuning Knob

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

> I guess I will come out of the closet.  I have a thoery on why so many
> people aren't happy with the stock knob on the K2.  This ties into Vic's
> recent post more than Earl's, but Earl's message was handy.
>
> The "old" K2 firmware had a very significant limitation on how fast
> you could turn your VFO knob.  If you turned it fast enough, the radio
> actually would not move frequency hardly at all.  You can try this
> experiment:
> Tree N6TR
> tree@kkn.net


That is ONLY true with the earlier releases of the Ver 2 firmware. The Ver 1
firmware lets you tune as fast as you can spin that knob, and the FT-100
tuning knob was popular long before the Ver 2 firmware was released.

I used the Ver 2 firmware for a while, but am now back on the Ver 1 and it
is so much NICER by comparison.

I use a 'stock' K2 knob and just touch the face of the knob with my finger
tip and twirl. The felt pad is set to only provide sufficient resistance to
prevent 'creep'. The knob spins very easily with just a little finger
pressure and I can QSY at a rate of about 2 kHz/second at the 10 Hz tuning
rate.

That's quite okay.

I understand that the latest Ver 2 firmware being shipped with the KPA100
has a 'fix' that is reportedly even better than the old Ver 1 firmware. If I
want a little faster rate after the "fixed" Ver 2 firmware is available, I
may try the suggestion Vic offered about using a different encoder.

Ron AC7AC
K2 # 1289