I will have to check it this weekend. I got the rig fully assembled. Keith
Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Dec 13, 2011, at 9:35 AM, "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olin...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Is there felt behind the knobs? 73, Guy. > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Keith Heimbold <ag...@hotmail.com> wrote: > My newly acquired K3 makes this VFO noise as well for the VFO A knob. It is > only annoying when I have the headphones off. > > Keith > > Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos > > On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:28 AM, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: > > > That's something entirely new, Natan, and not normal for a K3. The pad > > between the knob and the front panel should be nothing but a soft felt > > washer, virtually noiseless as the knob turns. > > > > Is there anything else there? > > > > If not, recommend that you drop an e-mail to K3support (at) Elecraft (dot) > > com. You'll get a quick response. > > > > 73, > > > > Ron AC7AC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Natan Huffman > > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 8:03 AM > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Subject: [Elecraft] noisy VFO's > > > > Hello All, > > > > Last Friday I took delivery of a new K3 along with a P3 and lots of > > accessories including Fred Cady's book on the K3. Only problem to date is > > "noisy" VFO knobs. The technique to lessen drag does decrease or eliminate > > the noise which sounds like fingernails dragged across a chalk board and I > > do find that noise most objectionable. > > Of course I can free myself of the noise by backing off the knobs but I'm > > left with no noise, and no drag at all. So my choices are no noise, or no > > drag. No drag leaves me with a > > surprisingly free turning VFO knobs that is problematical and proper drag > > leaves me with that horrible scraping which for me is simply intolerable. > > > > Has anyone come up with this same problem and has found proper mitigation > > solution? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Natan W6XR, C6AXR, VS6KR > > Freeville, NY > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
