[Elecraft] K1 Main Tuning Lock

[Tom Hammond]

Sandy:

I stole some felt my XYL had obtained at a hobby store (Hobby Lobby, I 
think) and cut a couple thicknesses of it to replace the real felt washer 
I'd given to someone who needed it more than I did.

The felt she had was about 1/2 as thick as the original, but a couple 
thicknesses work just fine!

73,

Tom Hammond    N0SS

At 01:03 PM 7/25/04, you wrote:
>I used a thick piece of leather (about 1/8") cut in a disk same size as knob.
>Works great.  I couldn't find any felt thick enough!  Normal "pool table" 
>baize
>is not thick enough.  Where does one get thick felt?  (Besides the brim of an
>old "smokey bear" campaign hat!)
>73,
>Sandy W5TVW
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
>To: "Art-W6KY Wallace" <art-w6ky at sbcglobal.net>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 8:56 AM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 Main Tuning Lock
>
>
>| Art wrote:
>|
>| >... it is very easy to 'touch' the main tuning knob and you are up/down
>| >the band somewhere.
>|
>| Hi Art,
>|
>| I also find the K1 VFO pot too easy to turn, even when I turn it 
>intentionally.  I
>placed some hand cut felt washers between the front panel and the back of 
>the VFO
>knob to add some stiffness.
>|
>| That doesn't provide what you ask, but it is a crude way to help in the 
>absense of
>a lock feature.
>|
>| 73,
>| Mike / KK5F
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