[Elecraft] Tuning knob finish

Thu Jan 16 02:06:03 2003

On 15 Jan 2003 at 4:01, John, K7JG wrote:

> Also, I managed to wear a hole through the black finish of the tuning
> knob with my tuning finger, revealing ugly bright aluminum. Too much
> tuning. What is a good material to repair that in without making a
> worse cosmetic imperfection? Thinned black finger nail polish?

This is the only gripe I have had with my K2. The knob developed 
shiny metal holes in the matter of a few weeks. I have 'repainted' 
the knob with black car touch up paint and although it looks far from 

pretty ('crackle finish') it has done the job and has not worn off 
again.

Some owners never seem to have this problem, perhaps there were 
batches of knobs from various sources.

By the way country no 166 was 8N1OGA in Ogasawara on 18MHz, got 
second call! And I received an eqsl card from him virtually by 
return!!

ps. I note that you can no longer reply to a message in the digest 
form of the list by hitting 'reply' like you used to be able to. This 
now sends the mail to the administrative address of the list and 
sends back a load of errors. Second time this has happened to me this 
year!

73s Dave G3YMC
K2 5W #2498 166 countries

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