[Elecraft] Knob shaft and pot issues

[KM5Q]

My #764 wasn't missing anything. I'm left with an extra pile of spare  
hardware, so I could have dropped a tiny screw and been OK.
My dual-pots have only slight play. They turn smoothly. I think they  
switched vendor and should watch for this!

My rig worked fine at first power-up.

Windy KM5Q


> Bob K9PAG wrote:
> Mon, 05 May 2008 10:10:27 -0700
>
> My kit K3 #818 came with the shafts on the four small dual function  
> knobs
> lose and the associated pots feeling like they were gritty when  
> turned.
> Sure not as smooth and nice as my ICOM 746!  Wonder how many #800  
> units
> experienced this problem or is it just me?   The lose shafts and  
> gritty
> feeling when turned reminds me of cheap volume controls on a Chinese  
> radio.
> And how many have experienced a DOA KSYN3 (synthesizer) board in  
> your kit?
> In addition, how many of you have experienced missing hardware in  
> your kit
> making it difficult to complete?