There was an issue mentioned by Elecraft (Eric I think), that they had seen some failures of the encoders fitted with heavy knobs when the K3 had been in transit somewhere, UPS/USPS etc. Vibration and the greater weight of the knob can produce a damaging cantilever effect, much as is the case with a front loading washing machine!
73 Stephen G4SJP On 19 May 2014 14:44, Pete Smith N4ZR <n...@contesting.com> wrote: > I sorta think the issue ought to be why *not* to use them. Don't I recall > reading on one of the reflectors that heavy knobs may cause premature > failure of the decoders due to the sideways load? Or was that just > theorizing? > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at > http://reversebeacon.net, > blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. > For spots, please go to your favorite > ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. > > On 5/19/2014 9:21 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: > >> What is the reason for using an aftermarket knob? >> >> My Main VFO knob is metal straight from Elecraft. >> >> >> Yes it would be nice to have a matching one (in style) for VBO >> (the aftermarket ones I have seen don't appear to match the Elecraft >> style) >> >> Just curious why people are using them? >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to n...@contesting.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 > Message delivered to eastbrantw...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
