[Elecraft] HEAVY KNOBS??

[Bob]

Well it is both.  I was firmly in the, "That's just plain nuts, $150 for 2 
knobs!" camp  until
I had the opportunity to use a K3 with them.  Two days later I ordered them. 
Maybe not
the best analogy but there is a lot of difference in handling  between a sports 
car and a
sedan too.  And it not just a  for spin hang time thing.

Well when Phil posted his for sale and mentioned the new versions I looked at them
and doing so was a horrible mistake.   I had a nostalgia attack, they so reminded me
of the Heath SB series I had and the Collins S Line I like most others wanted.  
Plain
and simple eye candy for sure.

Must be some interest in them, mine  sold in 26 minutes. And I also have back up
offers in case.

I'll never have a 100 foot tower with stacked Yagi's here.  So I'll have to be 
content with
some trinkets and jewels.

73,
Bob
K2TK  ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR

On 5/27/2012 5:12 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
> *I think I will stick with the knobs designed by Wayne. Functionality
> before eye candy....:-)
>
> Gary
> *
> On 28 May 2012 05:31, Rick Dettinger<k7mw78 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Great!  That should be good for about a 1 kilogram knob.  Above that,
>> we might need a double set of tapered roller bearings.
>>
>> 73,
>> Rick  K7MW
>>
>>
>> On May 27, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote:
>>
>>> Ron is incorrect. The K3 has a ball bearing bushing in its VFO A and
>>> B encoders.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Eric
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>>> _..._
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 27, 2012, at 11:55 AM, "Ron D'Eau Claire"<ron at cobi.biz>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wonder if anyone has studied the long-term effects on the encoder
>>>> bushings
>>>> and shafts that must support those knobs? AFAIK, it's just a simple
>>>> bushing
>>>> - no ball or roller bearing races - so all of the wear is on the
>>>> lower side
>>>> of the bushing.
>>>>
>>>> Ron AC7AC
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