[Elecraft] Problems with knobs

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

What happened with the old knobs is that the material was not fully cured,
and they would shrink. So slowly it was like severely  over-tightening the
knobs.  Email or phone call to Elecraft gets you replacements, no questions
asked.  73, Guy.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Matt Zilmer <mzilmer at verizon.net> wrote:

> Knobs were an issue on early K3s.  In my case, #24.  I guess it's
> possible some of the early defective ones are still in circulation.
> Elecraft indicated that they'd solved the problem and replaces
> defective knobs for those that find them.  I know that they sent me a
> replacement AF and RF gain knob, one each.
>
> 73,
> matt W6NIA
>
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:22:54 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >No problems of this ilk on my 2+ year old K3.
> >
> >John Ragle -- W1ZI
> >
> >=====
> >
> >On 12/21/2011 7:01 AM, Ken Wagner K3IU wrote:
> >> G'morning:
> >> If you address this problem to K3Support
> >> @ elecraft.com, I'm sure that a solution
> >> will be provided.
> >> 73,
> >> Ken K3IU
> >
> >> On 12/21/2011 6:17 AM, Ricardo Navarrete
> >> wrote:
> >>> *Hello,*
> >>> *I'm having some problems with some of my K3 knobs, I have the AF knob
> >>> broken and RF knob seems to be the same way....*
> >>> *Do you know if elecraft knows about this issue???*
> >
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