[Elecraft] [K3] AF/RF Knob situation - joined the club Me Too!

[Julian, G4ILO]

Don Ehrlich wrote:
> 
> I have been reading all of this traffic knowing that I have never had the 
> problem.  Finally, just for the heck of it, I pointed my desk lamp at my
> K3 
> and can see clearly the cracks radiating from the hole in the plastic of
> the 
> audio gain knob.
> 
Well would you believe it! I didn't think there was anything wrong with the
knobs on #222 and I was just being my usual "pain in the ass" (in the
opinion of some people) because I was concerned I might have a knob failure
eventually. Then "just for the heck of it" I put my magnifying headset on to
examine the knobs more closely. The first three were OK but when I examined
the RF/SQL SUB outer knob there is a hairline crack going from the set screw
hole straight back. You wouldn't know it by turning the knob but the crack
is clearly visible and can be closed by squeezing the knob (which has now
made it a bit loose.)

I will be contacting Elecraft Parts for a replacement set but no apologies
to those who would like to believe there isn't a problem and this thread
would end, I think the extent of this issue will be a revelation to many
people. Check your knobs with a magnifier - you might be surprised!

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Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
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