[Elecraft] Knobs

[drewko]

I have K3 #1029. The nested knobs are perfectly concentric to my eye.
The Shift/Width knobs don't fall off and are not too short. None have
cracked in one year of almost daily service.

Perhaps there have been some incompatible production variations along
the way. I don't doubt you are having a problem but have to disagree
with your comments about design. The original design seems perfectly
adequate if #1029 is any indication.

73,
Drew
AF2Z



On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:18:38 -0400, Dan - W4TQ (ham for 50 years!)
wrote:

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>Group Dynamics at the Radio Factories?
>If an engineer at one of the major brand radio companies submitted a design with theses knobs, he would be beaten into submission at one of the many stages of design review.  While a smaller company like Elecraft can be very agile, and can respond quickly to customer needs there can also be a disadvantage when a key man is invested in a marginal design concept.  Junior engineers don't make eye contact, or stare off in a different direction, maybe whistling.  You may hear comments like, "If you know what's good for you, don't say anything to the old man about those knobs."--just kidding, Wayne.
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