[Kenwood] Frequency knob for a tm-241a

[Rick Bates, NK7I]

Perhaps a task for a local 3D printer?

Merry Christmas es 73,
Rick NK7I


On 12/16/2020 4:20 PM, Steve wrote:
> At 03:55 PM 12/16/2020, Ray LaRue wrote:
>> Gentle persons,
>> I am in need of the frequency tuning knob for a TM-241A Vhf radio. 
>> Kenwood no longer has any left. Does anyone on the list have or know 
>> of a broken or junker radio, they would separate one from?
>
> Way back soon after the earth was first formed and a few decades after 
> the Gonset Sidewinder was invented to promote store-bought 2m SSB 
> rigs, I acquired a TR-9130 for less than a song and dance (had to sing 
> for the thing, but not dance 8-). But it was missing the main tuning 
> knob. I hunted high and low and for some reason, just never thought of 
> ordering one from KW. Meanwhile, I found an old boatanchor Dakaware 
> spinner knob that fit and worked just great. Some 20 years later, I 
> happened to be visiting a friend and lo and behold, he had sitting on 
> his workbench what looked to me like a TR-9130 main tuning knob. I 
> asked him about it. He'd repaired a -9130 for some other guy awhile 
> back, and when the guy came to pick it up, the guy decided he didn't 
> like the stock knob. They hunted around and eventually found another 
> knob the guy liked and my friend installed it instead of the original 
> TR-9130 knob. My friend said he told the guy to take the old knob just 
> in case he wanted to put it back on, but the guy forgot it when he 
> left. Then the guy moved across country after a few months,  leaving 
> the knob behind.
>
> So my friend gave me the original TR-9130 tuning knob and I've been 
> happy ever since  8-D
>
> Odd thing, though; oncit I installed the correct, original knob, I 
> decided I liked the larger, old boatanchor Dakaware spinner knob much 
> better, and reinstalled it 8-P
>
> SteveH, K0XP
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