[Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Hi all, Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has been indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I have a more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg AB2TC - Knut. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
I just took a look at the vfo B knob on my K3 and it's cracked also. John. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
>Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending >from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Yes - here's mine: http://www.ae5x.com/photos/vfo_b.jpg John AE5X http://www.ae5x.com/blog __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
You should contact Elecraft customer support to request a replacement. 73, matt W6NIA On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:25:47 -0500, you wrote: >>Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending > >>from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? > > > >Yes - here's mine: > >http://www.ae5x.com/photos/vfo_b.jpg > > > >John AE5X > >http://www.ae5x.com/blog > > > >__ >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 mzil...@roadrunner.com Matt Zilmer, W6NIA -- "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." -A. Lincoln __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
And my VFO B knob was discovered to have one at Field Day this year. -rick, k7log __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
This should never happen, but if it does, we'll replace it immediately, no charge. Just send an email to pa...@elecraft.com. 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:17 AM, ab2tc wrote: > Hi all, > > Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending > from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has been > indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I have a > more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). > > http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg > > AB2TC - Knut. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Hi, E-mail to parts submitted. Service like this is certainly unprecedented in the industry. Knut - AB2TC (ser# 82) wayne burdick wrote > This should never happen, but if it does, we'll replace it immediately, no > charge. Just send an email to > parts@ > . > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:17 AM, ab2tc < > ab2tc@ > > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob >> extending >> from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has been >> indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I >> have a >> more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). >> >> http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg >> >> AB2TC - Knut. > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246p7592259.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced immediately under warranty and no problems since. Cheers, John VK7JB __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
I discovered a crack in my VFO B knob several months ago. I mended it with a bit of "super glue" (cyaonacrylate). My serial range is 33xx, I've had it for a few years. Doug, VE3VS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246p7592268.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Hi Knut, The sudden response to your post prompted me to take out the flashlight. Mine has a hairline crack from the setscrew back towards the front panel. The crack is not present from the setscrew to the face of the knob. My unit is S/N 22xx from 2008. 73, Mike K2MK ab2tc wrote > Hi all, > > Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob > extending from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? Rig has > been indoors with controlled temperature for years and never gets moved. I > have a more modest radio for that purpose (IC7200). > > http://ab2tc.com/knob_crack.jpg > > AB2TC - Knut. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246p7592273.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
And mine too. :-( Dave Jones VK4FD zen...@netspace.net.au wrote on 08/18/2014 07:21 AM: My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced immediately under warranty and no problems since. Cheers, John VK7JB __ 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 dave.vk...@yahoo.com.au __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
My K3 is S/N 642. I just looked as closely as I can at my age under good light, and detect no VFO B knob cracks. I did lose the AF/RF gain knobs and the ones below it, Elecraft replaced them immediately. I think tomorrow, when there's daylight, I'll check all the other knobs, but I really don't stress about them, if they break the E-folks will replace them. I seem to remember some traffic some time ago that they got a bad batch from a vendor. After the military, I supported my family as an engineer, and I do know how difficult QC is when you have multiple vendors. Initially, Henry Ford not only made all the automobiles, he also made all the parts. That didn't last long in a capitalist economy. :-) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 - www.cqp.org On 8/17/2014 7:07 PM, Dave Jones wrote: And mine too. :-( Dave Jones VK4FD zen...@netspace.net.au wrote on 08/18/2014 07:21 AM: My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced immediately under warranty and no problems since. Cheers, John VK7JB __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Fred Jensen wrote: > I seem to remember some traffic some time ago that they got a bad batch from > a vendor. We did. It's impossible trace individual plastic knobs by batch, so we just replace them as they come up. Wayne N6KR __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
When I ordered a replacement I was charged $6, but probably didn't mention anything about my original one cracking. Mike KI0HA On 8/17/2014 10:55 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: This should never happen, but if it does, we'll replace it immediately, no charge. Just send an email to pa...@elecraft.com. 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:17 AM, ab2tc wrote: Hi all, Suddenly I discovered that there is a big crack in the VFO B knob extending from the set screw. Anybody heard about that one before? __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Elecraft is a one of a kind company. The owner was on the reflector Sunday evening reassuring everyone that the cracked knobs will be replaced. I sent an e-mail off to Parts Sunday evening and received an automatic reply but more importantly I received a personalized e-mail sent at 6:52 AM west coast time on Monday. What an excellent organization. 73, Mike K2MK Dave Jones wrote > And mine too. :-( > > Dave Jones > VK4FD > zendoc@.net > wrote on 08/18/2014 07:21 AM: >> My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced >> immediately under warranty and no problems since. >> >> Cheers, >> John >> VK7JB -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/VFO-B-knob-cracked-tp7592246p7592300.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
Just checked mine, s/n 1544 (vintage 2009) and sure enough it's cracked too... Steve AD7OG __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] VFO B knob cracked
And mine... OZ4UN Sendt fra min iPhone > Den 18/08/2014 kl. 04.08 skrev "Dave Jones" : > > And mine too. :-( > > Dave Jones > VK4FD > > zen...@netspace.net.au wrote on 08/18/2014 07:21 AM: >> My VFO B knob cracked within 6 months of assembly. It was replaced >> immediately under warranty and no problems since. >> >> Cheers, >> John >> VK7JB >> __ >> 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 dave.vk...@yahoo.com.au > > __ > 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 p...@tele.gl __ 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
