[Elecraft] K3 Broken AF knob

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

I guess some folks just treat the gear rough and Gorilla the screws 
down.  I was surprised to see a bug being knocked about the table in 
the K5D video.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO
K3 #345 (original knobs)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian, G4ILO" <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Broken AF knob and bad service togeta 
replacement.


>
>
>
> P.B. Christensen wrote:
>>
>> One excellent long-term solution was proposed by James, K2QI.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Anyway, this is the [Mouser] part number again for anyone 
>> interested:
>> 506-KN5700B1/4
>>
>
> In that thread James posted a coouple of pictures of those knobs. 
> One is
> here: http://jamespaulsarte.com/temp/ham/knob1.jpg .
>
> To be honest I don't think they suit the look of the K3. They 
> don't even
> match the other knobs. It might be a solution in ten years time 
> when a knob
> breaks and Elecraft doesn't make them any more, but that's the 
> situation I'd
> really like to avoid.
>
> -----
> Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
> * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com
> * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html
> * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html