Tuning knob revisit (Gil WA5YKK)

[Gil WA5YKK]

To those who dare - I'm in the middle of a mess, attempting to rework my
whole QTH shack "upstairs in the big house", and in so doing, I enjoy
firing up the Icom 756 PRO I have alongside the K2 which is now doing a
better job of SWL than the Icom. The only real problem I run into is
that the Icom tuning knob has some "weight" to it, along with a spinner
dimple, which makes it easier to tune, and "faster" than the K2. I'm
wondering  if it makes any sense to attempt to find an FT-900 knob, or
just figure out a way to add some weight to the k2 knob? And, yes, I've
already looked over the Yaesu website, no joy at this point.

My prime problem is that I find it to be a little disconcerting to "tune
the heater" (the Icom is a room heater!), faster and sometimes easier to
find a frequency and/or station than the K2 does, so just regard me as
"spoiled" at this point. If anyone has any ideas about how to find a
"speed demon" knob, let me know, since I'd really like to have the K2
become as physically "able" as the Jap rig is! Presently, it's
astounding that I've soldered together a rig that is at least equal to,
or outperforms a commercially-made rig, with a fraction of the amperage
consumption. (Eventually, I see the day when my whole ham rig situation
will be "dying Kachina, fading Icom, and full steam Elecraft" - and
probably go SK for good, with the K2 or K3 going strong, still!)

Tnx, 73's, enjoy Xmas coming up!

Gil WA5YKK  (50 years at this game, as of Jan. '08!)

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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Gil,

The FT-900 knob is no longer available.  You can add an FT-900 (or ft100
or FT847) tire to your stock K2 knob and add the Elecraft finger dimple
too.  The stock K2 knob has adequate weight if the drag is adjusted
properly, but the sharp edge is a problem for me - the rubber tire helps
dramatically - I don't care for the finger dimple, but many folks seem
to like them.

73,
Don W3FPR


Gil Gibbs wrote:

> To those who dare - I'm in the middle of a mess, attempting to rework
> my whole QTH shack "upstairs in the big house", and in so doing, I
> enjoy firing up the Icom 756 PRO I have alongside the K2 which is now
> doing a better job of SWL than the Icom. The only real problem I run
> into is that the Icom tuning knob has some "weight" to it, along with
> a spinner dimple, which makes it easier to tune, and "faster" than the
> K2. I'm wondering  if it makes any sense to attempt to find an FT-900
> knob, or just figure out a way to add some weight to the k2 knob? And,
> yes, I've already looked over the Yaesu website, no joy at this point.
>

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