Don at all, Thanks for help. I fixed it by placing a small piece (6x6 millimeter) rubber, about 3mm thick. It's stiff enough to prevent movement of PCB. Now, feeling is much better.
BTW, I don't have a problem with this "rubber buttons feeling". Get used to it during Spectrum 48K time :)) 73, tnx Dragan, 4O4A On 4.11.2011 21:31, Don Wilhelm-4 [via Elecraft] wrote: > Dragan, > > Yes, putting some non-conductive material about the thickness of a PC > board is the solution. > Use some glue between whatever you material you use and the Front Panel > board. The material should ideally have some flexibility - like rubber > or nylon, but a stiff material (like a small square cut from PC board > backing) will work too. Nothing fancy, but it does need to be present > to keep the buttons from moving inward when they are not pressed. > > Yes, your label 'A' points to a 2D connector. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 11/4/2011 4:15 PM, Dragan 4O4A wrote: > > > Hi Don, > > > > Thanks for prompt answer. > > > > Please take a look at image here: http://www.desniklik.com/k3-4o4a.jpg > > > > Is "A" a 2D connector you are referring in your message? > > (sorry, I can't find proper English word for the "A") > > > > There is some gap between PCB and "A", as tick as PCB is. > > PCB is moving when I press button. > > > > What do you think about gluing some non-conductive piece of material > > (another rubber) on the side of "A", to fill the gap? > > > > > > > > > > On 4.11.2011 20:34, Don Wilhelm-4 [via Elecraft] wrote: > >> Dragan, > >> > >> The other buttons do not move. > >> > >> I suspect that the rubber spacer pad between the front panel board and > >> the 2D connector on the upper right corner of the K3 is not in place. > >> You can see the 2D connector if you open the top cover and look - the > >> spacer pad should also be seen on the front panel board. > >> > >> One of the problems with those pads is that often the "sticky > substance" > >> peels off onto the backing paper instead of sticking to the pad. If > >> that happens, the pad will stick for a short wile because of some > >> residual "sticky stuff", but it will eventually come loose. If you > find > >> the pad loose in your K3, you can re-apply it with most any kind of > >> flexible glue that will adhere to rubber, like a product called > "Goop". > >> > >> 73, > >> Don W3FPR > >> > >> On 11/4/2011 3:15 PM, Dragan 4O4A wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Since this summer I am a proud owner of K3-10/F and don't want to > waste > >>> bandwidth on my compliments to this great radio. > >>> > >>> I guess that I have a problem with loose buttons in upper right > >> corner of > >>> the front board. > >>> For example, if I press M>V button, other surrounding buttons are > also > >>> moving. Is this normal behavior? > >>> If not, how to solve this? > >>> > >>> I didn't find any post that describes this kind of problem. OTOH, on > >> YouTube > >>> I found a couple of blurry demonstration videos and I thought I saw > >> that > >>> those buttons are not moving. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Dragan, 4O4A > >>> K3-10/F #5569 > >>> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] > >> </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=6963951&i=0> > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the > >> discussion below: > >> > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Loose-buttons-tp6963905p6963951.html > >> To unsubscribe from Loose buttons, click here > >> < > >> > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Loose-buttons-tp6963905p6964047.html > > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=6964088&i=0> > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=6964088&i=1> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the > discussion below: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Loose-buttons-tp6963905p6964088.html > To unsubscribe from Loose buttons, click here > <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=6963905&code=ZHJhZ2FuLmJhckBnbWFpbC5jb218Njk2MzkwNXwyNDI1NTIxMDE=>. > > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Loose-buttons-tp6963905p6964207.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
