Fw: [Elecraft] Tuning knob revisit (Gil WA5YKK)

[waltk8cv4612amos at att.net]

OR you can go the grocery store and buy a bunch of broccoli and use the red 
or blue band on the stock K-2 knob !

Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
To: <WA5YKK at Centurytel.net>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 1:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Tuning knob revisit (Gil WA5YKK)


> Gil,
>
> The FT-900 knob is no longer available.  You can add an FT-900 (or ft100 
> or FT847) tire to your stock K2 knob and add the Elecraft finger dimple 
> too.  The stock K2 knob has adequate weight if the drag is adjusted 
> properly, but the sharp edge is a problem for me - the rubber tire helps 
> dramatically - I don't care for the finger dimple, but many folks seem to 
> like them.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>
> Gil Gibbs wrote:
>> To those who dare - I'm in the middle of a mess, attempting to rework my 
>> whole QTH shack "upstairs in the big house", and in so doing, I enjoy 
>> firing up the Icom 756 PRO I have alongside the K2 which is now doing a 
>> better job of SWL than the Icom. The only real problem I run into is that 
>> the Icom tuning knob has some "weight" to it, along with a spinner 
>> dimple, which makes it easier to tune, and "faster" than the K2. I'm 
>> wondering  if it makes any sense to attempt to find an FT-900 knob, or 
>> just figure out a way to add some weight to the k2 knob? And, yes, I've 
>> already looked over the Yaesu website, no joy at this point.
>>
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