[Elecraft] Wha'ts Wrong With Our Radios (WAS:NewProducts, Building Demo, ...

[Curt]

I think I'll build a fake shell 6 times bigger than the K2 with big huge knobs and dials on this shell of a radio connected in such a way it's hidden from view but
fully controls the K2 hidden within. And to hell with 2 1/4 inch VFO knob. I am going with a mans knob fashioned out of solid lead and about 5 3/4 inches OD with miniature lights all around it that light up in sequence as I turn the VFO matching the stations I hear with the light show it produces.

Now back to sanity on the list:

k3ey with a  SMALL real samll K2/100 loving it just as it is least I would have never put almost two grand into it.

Phil Kane <k2asp at kanafi.org> wrote: On Mon, 29 May 2006 15:31:14 EDT, N2EY at aol.com wrote:

>I'd go even bigger, because I have big hands. Tuning knob should
>be in excess of 2". other knobs in excess of 1". Say 2-1/2" for
>the tuning and 1" for everything else. Yes, that's big!

  That's about the size that I would wish.  For those familiar
  with the National HRO-500, it was all solid-state but the size
  of the "conventional" tabletop/rackmount receivers of its time.

  Somewhere in my junk...err, parts collection,  I have a spare
  tuning knob for the ICOM R-7000 reveiver - properly weighted
  and 2-1/4" diameter.  If I can find it and if it fits, I'll put
  it on the K2.

--
   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   5402



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