[Elecraft] Fwd: Re: HEAVY KNOBS??

[Vic K2VCO]

A lot of people think the SX-28 was the best looking receiver ever.

On the other hand, fine tuning on ten meters was done by raising and lowering the lid of 
the cabinet.

On 5/27/2012 8:40 PM, FredJensen wrote:
> On 5/28/2012 1:54 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:>  Wasn't it Hammarlund who
> had some receivers with knobs like that, including>  the little spinner
> handle?
>
> The Hallicrafters SX-28 [a really great receiver for its day, not up to
> the 75A4 by any means, but I used mine for years] had two spoked knobs,
> for bandset and bandspread. If you are young enough not to know what
> that means, contact me off the list and I'll explain it. My bandspread
> knob had a crank handle. I'm sure it wasn't original, probably added by
> the ham I got the receiver from. The SX-28 was also good for keeping
> your desk anchored during gravity outages, it weighed close to 100 lbs
> [eat your heart out, K3, "real" radios were sold by the pound then. :-)]
>
>    If you've never seen one, look on
> http://www.radioblvd.com/Pre-WWII%20Ham%20Gear.htm and scroll down near
> the bottom of the page. The page is in chronological order and the -28
> came out in 1940. Just below the first SX-28 is one I inherited from the
> estate of Woody, W6ANX, and which I used a few times on the air. It came
> with the bass reflex speaker which was in not so good shape. While I
> never had any problem with gravity outages while it sat on my desk, it
> took up a huge amount of space, generated a lot of heat, and after
> seeing the museum in Virginia City NV, I donated it to him.
>
> He restored it and the speaker, I've seen it, and it looks like it just
> came off the display floor at Henry Radio in Los Angeles.
>
>   >  Now that Eric has reported that the K3 encoders have ball bearings
> (so the  wear is spread over many points instead of just on one side of
> a sleeve), I>  sure that now someone do whatever it takes to see how
> much weight they can>  handle, Hi!>
>
>    I can understand the desire for the weighted knobs for the K3, however
> I have essentially no drag on my stock K3 "big knob" and it spins just
> fine for me. With the P3 however, I don't spin so much as I tune down to
> the next signal I see. I don't expect nor want a weighted knob for my K2
> [weight in my pack is something I watch when in the field], and it makes
> no sense at all for my KX1.
>
> Fred K6DGW
> Auburn CA


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Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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