[Elecraft] AF/RF Knob situation - joined the club

[Don Wilhelm]

Julian,

Not all "older K3s" are experiencing the knob problems.  I have one of 
the early K3s along with the others in the K3 Firmware Field Test group, 
and there have been no identified problems with the knobs used at that 
time in my recollection.
This is the result of a batch of faulty knobs, just as Eric has 
described, and while it will take a while for all of the faulty knobs to 
be identified, it is just a batch problem - IMHO, there is no need for 
Elecraft to arbitrarily supply knobs to those K3 owners that do not have 
a problem.
It may take a bit of time for failures to show up, but the "fix" is 
available at no cost and is as easy as an email to K3support.com.

73,
Don W3FPR

Julian, G4ILO wrote:
> If they did, no-one would be aware that older K3s are experiencing this 
problem, not just those with knobs from a faulty batch as Eric claimed in
> the posting he referred to. It isn't welcome news but I think it is of
> interest to many, and I agree with G4AON that Elecraft should admit that the
> originals were not strong enough and allow all owners of older K3s to
> request replacements without waiting for the originals to fail, as it
> appears likely they will sooner or later.
>   
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