[Elecraft] K3 Knobs

[Andreas Junge]

No abuse to the radio at all. The material appears to be too brittle.  
Slightly torque  the set screw and the knob will split. Eric already  
said the composition has been changed to fix this, so there was a  
problem.

Andreas, N6NU




On May 17, 2009, at 8:25 AM, rfenabled at gmail.com wrote:

> For the life of me I cannot imagine what is being done to the radio  
> to cause destruction of the original knobs.
>
> I would not want to be the second owner of those radios as I shudder  
> to think what the rest of the radio has been subjected to.
>
> Just my initial thought.
>
> My K3 is well over one year old and exhibits no wear and tear, it  
> has been transported often, used in the field as well as numerous  
> operators and still looks and works just like it did on day one.
>
> Gary
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