[Elecraft] Loose buttons

[Don Wilhelm]

Dragan,

The other buttons do not move.

I suspect that the rubber spacer pad between the front panel board and 
the 2D connector on the upper right corner of the K3 is not in place.
You can see the 2D connector if you open the top cover and look - the 
spacer pad should also be seen on the front panel board.

One of the problems with those pads is that often the "sticky substance" 
peels off onto the backing paper instead of sticking to the pad.  If 
that happens, the pad will stick for a short wile because of some 
residual "sticky stuff", but it will eventually come loose.  If you find 
the pad loose in your K3, you can re-apply it with most any kind of 
flexible glue that will adhere to rubber, like a product called "Goop".

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/4/2011 3:15 PM, Dragan 4O4A wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Since this summer I am a proud owner of K3-10/F and don't want to waste
> bandwidth on my compliments to this great radio.
>
> I guess that I have a problem with loose buttons in upper right corner of
> the front board.
> For example, if I press M>V button, other surrounding buttons are also
> moving. Is this normal behavior?
> If not, how to solve this?
>
> I didn't find any post that describes this kind of problem. OTOH, on YouTube
> I found a couple of blurry demonstration videos and I thought I saw that
> those buttons are not moving.
>
> Thanks,
> Dragan, 4O4A
> K3-10/F #5569
>