[Elecraft] K1/KX1 easy tuning strategy

[Tom Hammond]

Lloyd:

Been using that technique on my K2/K1 for quite a while now... works fer me!

Tom  N0SS

At 08:09 AM 11/4/03, Lloyd Lachow wrote:
>   Dear friends,
>
>    I have a revolutionary concept to reveal to the
>group!  Please consider it not in haste, but allow
>some reflective period to absorb its ramifications:
>
>    When tuning either of these rigs, I have discovered
>(Eureka!) that if I rest my fingertip (tm) on the
>front face of the (unadorned) tuning knob, with light
>to moderate pressure, it STAYS IN PLACE while I
>describe a circular motion with my finger. Thus, I can
>readily travel to distant frequencies, with nary a
>fimple to hinder my finger's freeedom to roam about
>said knob-face.
>
>    AND, as an added bonus, I don't have to waste
>precious tuning-time searching the knob for the
>appropriate contact-point for my fingertip (R), as
>this technique has been shown, in independent tests,
>to work anywhere along the perimeter of the knob's
>forward-facing plane.
>
>
>    YMMV,
>
>  LL
>
>=====
>73, 72 es oo, Lloyd, K3ESE - Reisterstown, Maryland
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