There are nut drivers made by Xcelite (and others) that fit these knurled nuts. There is one model that's adjustable by means of a sliding collar. There is an almost identical nut used on the K2's speaker jack, but with two slots to add "traction". Xcelite also makes these. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5