[Elecraft] noisy VFO's

[Stewart]

What goes on in the "sewing room" is just as much a black art as AR is to her.

The material is the sort of felt that you would find on the top of billiard or pool table.
However none were sacrificed as far as I know...

73
Stewart G3RXQ

BTTD (back to the dishes)
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:27:47 -0500, KQ8M wrote:
> Can you divulge the secret of this material or would your wife whip you into
> an inch of doing dishes for not keeping it secret?
>
>
> Tim Herrick, KQ8M
> North Coast Contesters
> kq8m at kq8m.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Stewart
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:02 AM
> To: Gary D Krause; Keith Heimbold; Elecraft
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] noisy VFO's
>
> My wife provided me with some smoother felt which I cut into washers.
> It is a lot quieter than the horse hair felt washers supplied.
>
> 73
> Stewart G3RXQ
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:55:54 -0700, Gary D Krause wrote:
>> My just built K3 also makes the same noise.  It's the felt washer rubbing
>> against the back of the knob.  I was tempted to push the washer down
> around
>> the nut against the front panel but, the manual isn't exactly clear as the
>> whether it should be applied this way.  I laid the felt washer on top of
> the
>> nut since the hole is the middle of the washer isn't big enough to go over
> the
>> nut.  Is the felt washer suppose to go around the nut?
>>
>> Gary, N7HTS
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:40:21 -0800
>> Keith Heimbold <ag6az at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> My newly acquired K3 makes this VFO noise as well for the VFO A knob. It
> is
>>>only annoying when I have the headphones off.
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos
>>>
>>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:28 AM, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's something entirely new, Natan, and not normal for a K3. The pad
>>>> between the knob and the front panel should be nothing but a soft felt
>>>> washer, virtually noiseless as the knob turns.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything else there?
>>>>
>>>> If not, recommend that you drop an e-mail to K3support (at) Elecraft
> (dot)
>>>> com. You'll get a quick response.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> Ron AC7AC
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Natan Huffman
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 8:03 AM
>>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Subject: [Elecraft] noisy VFO's
>>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>>
>>>> Last Friday I took delivery of a new K3 along with a P3 and lots of
>>>> accessories including Fred Cady's book on the K3.  Only problem to date
> is
>>>> "noisy" VFO knobs.  The technique to lessen drag does decrease or
> eliminate
>>>> the noise which sounds like fingernails dragged across a chalk board and
> I
>>>> do find that noise most objectionable.
>>>> Of course I can free myself of the noise by backing off the knobs but
> I'm
>>>> left with no noise, and no drag at all.  So my choices are no noise, or
> no
>>>> drag.  No drag leaves me with a
>>>> surprisingly free turning VFO knobs that is problematical and proper
> drag
>>>> leaves me with that horrible scraping which for me is simply
> intolerable.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone come up with this same problem and has found proper
> mitigation
>>>> solution?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Natan W6XR, C6AXR, VS6KR
>>>> Freeville, NY
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