[Elecraft] Re: K3 buttons

[Laurent Ferracci]

Ken Kaplan a écrit :

> Under normal use (like we hams do), they will last quite a long time.

Well, my concern is not with the markings but with the buttons themself: 
  These buttons will collect dust and moist over the year and become 
sticky, erratic or unusable. Having to unmount the front panel to apply 
some contact spray once a year may be a solution, but having to apply a 
1 ton pressure in the upper right corner of a tiny button in hope that 
it will work is not fun at all. And it gives the unit as a whole that 
cheap "made-in-###" touch i'd have do without.

BTW my Thinkpad laptop is 2 years old and some keys ARE already erased.

Is there a technical explanation of why Elecraft chose this kind of 
buttons, or is it just for budget ?

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Laurent Ferracci, F1JKJ
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