[Elecraft] KX-1 switches - anyone else having problems?

[G3VVT at aol.com]

In a message dated 30/03/05 00:09:46 GMT Daylight Time, k6dgw at foothill.net  
writes:

One  thing I have noticed on the KX1 is that the shaft encoder is a tad
flaky  ... sometimes I'll be tuning downward and the freq goes up one or
two  numbers in the least significant position.  It sort of depends on
how  you hold the knob.  A little pressure toward the top will increase
the  flakiness, toward the bottom will cure it.



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I had an Alinco DX70 for repair recently where the sub dial gave a very  
similar result. On this the parts of the shaft encoder are held together  with two 
split tabs. Over time these had slackened off slightly and allowed  the 
encoder to flex slightly. Was able to reduce the effect by mechanical  tightning of 
these tabs, but the only full cure was to replace the encoder with  a new 
one. Possibly the KX1 has similar problems.
 
Bob, G3VVT