[Elecraft] HEAVY KNOBS??

[Tony Estep]

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

> ....including the little spinner handle?...

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Well, the little crank has its downside. I built a home-brew precision
oscillator that uses an optical encoder, and I got a cool-looking knob with
a crank at our local parts, junk and surplus store (gateway electronics,
great place). Turns out that the crank-handle is just heavy enough so that
at some knob positions the weight of it can turn the encoder slightly. Of
course, if you have a felt washer you can avoid this, but I must say it
took me by surprise and left me a little disappointed, because the knob
looks so cool.

Tony KT0NY


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