Hi Check out your local hardware store for large stick on chair glides. These thick felt disks are normally used to prevent chair legs from marking floors. You can drill a hole in the center of them and stick one on the front panel over the VFO shaft. If it is too thick just split the felt with a knife.
As to providing a tuning lock, the K1 uses the pot to directly control the voltage to the varactor diodes. The capacitance of the diodes control the frequency of the VFO. There is not a simple way to provide an electronic lock because the MPU does not control this voltage as in the K2. So some sort of friction lock on the VFO pot is the only easy way to do this. BTY On an earlier post I stated the K1 has a self resetting fuse. I was wrong, the K1 does not have this fuse. The K2 and the transverters have the self resetting fuse. I guess I was having a senior moment. <G> Don Brown KD5NDB ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Morrow<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sandy, W5TVW<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 Main Tuning Lock I wrote: > I placed some hand cut felt washers between the front panel and the > back of the VFO knob to add some stiffness. Sandy wrote: > Where does one get thick felt? Sandy, I made several thin felt washers out of sheet felt that you can find in the sewing supplies at places like "Hobby Lobby." That allowed me to put in layers to get just enough resistance with the VFO knob fully seated on the shaft. 73, Mike / KK5F _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net<mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm<http://mailman.qth.net/subscribershtm> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com<http://www.elecraft.com/> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
