[Elecraft] Fwd: Weighted Tuning Knobs - Any Consequence?

[William H. Droeger, Jr.]

Hi Jack-  I have an old Icom 765 that I was all fired up to put an  
inrad roofing filter into. The night before I was going to put it in I  
had a terrible nightmare.  I was buried by inrad roofing filters and a  
man with a rubber duckie kept saying "It is blasphemous to alter  
original equipment"  I woke up in a cold sweat and never put the  
filter in.  My K3 will stay all original, thank you. 73's Skip KT9T

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> From: Jack Brabham <kz5a at att.net>
> Date: December 22, 2010 4:29:46 PM CST
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Weighted Tuning Knobs - Any Consequence?
>
> I have set of the bronze knobs on my K3 #4165,  and love them.
>
> I have found two principal consequences of this knob change, and an
> indirect benefit.
>
> 1 - The radio looks a heck of a lot better IMHO.
>
> 2 - The radio tunes much easier and has a more of a "quality" feel  
> about
> it, kind of like tuning a 75A4.  I find that I use these knobs more  
> and
> my pan-adapter less for basic frequency control.
>
> As a side benefit they seem to really irritate the Elecraft koolaid
> drinkers on the list, whom I'm sure will explain in great detail why  
> the
> original knobs could not possibly be improved upon.
>
> 73 Jack KZ5A
>
>
>
>
> On 12/22/2010 10:50 AM, John Huggins, kx4o wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Does anyone know of any issues the extra weight of the "weighted  
>> spinner
>> knobs" such as these...
>>
>>   http://www.73cnc.com/73cnc/elecraft.html
>>
>> ...might cause the bearing points of the tuning shaft in the K2 or  
>> K3?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> John
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