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Bill - K6WLM

Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

Check out this website if you are interested in some nice wighted CNC machined knobs for Elecraft K2 and K3s. They are a bit pricey but very high quality.

www.73cnc.com

Standard disclaimer: I have nothing to do with this company I'm just a satisfied customer.

73,

Bill - K6WLM

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k5oai

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

sorry, Bill
the next time I get $94.00 to spend on radio,
it won't be going for a knob,
I'd add another $5.00 and buy a KTCXO3-1 TCXO,
or a 5 pole filter 200hz or 500hz filter <g>

gotta be a gooood knob, hi hi.

Bill Miner wrote:
>
> Check out this website if you are interested in some nice wighted CNC machined knobs for Elecraft K2 and K3s. They are a bit pricey but very high quality.
>
> www.73cnc.com
>
> Standard disclaimer: I have nothing to do with this company I'm just a satisfied customer.
>

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GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
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w7go

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

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I agree Bill.
Got one for my K2 and am very happy with it.
Very high quality and tunes very nicely.
The little straight key is a treat to use also.

73,

Tony W7GO

Bill Miner wrote:

>
> Check out this website if you are interested in some nice wighted CNC machined knobs for Elecraft K2 and K3s. They are a bit pricey but very high quality.
>
> www.73cnc.com
>
> Standard disclaimer: I have nothing to do with this company I'm just a satisfied customer.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill - K6WLM
>
>
>
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k0wa@swbell.net

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

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This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But, I just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way cool.

Lee - K0WA

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Sent: Wed, April 21, 2010 6:02:06 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

Check out this website if you are interested in some nice wighted CNC machined knobs for Elecraft K2 and K3s. They are a bit pricey but very high quality.

www.73cnc.com

Standard disclaimer: I have nothing to do with this company I'm just a satisfied customer.

73,

Bill - K6WLM

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k5oai

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

Lee Buller wrote:

>
>
> This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But, I just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way cool.
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
> Ham Radio Operators: Kansas QSO Party is August 28-29, 2010. See www.ksqsoparty.org for details
>
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine?
>
> Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - J. Wolf
>

totally agree, it was not my intention to put down these knobs!
only to decry my financial status and indicate where 'my' next ~$94.00 would be
going

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K5OAI
Sam Morgan
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Guy, K2AV

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

$94 ?!

I have always loved my K2 in spite of the knob.

By the time a friend of mine told me about those neat little Yaesu
knobs that would fit the K2, that small stock had sold out never to be
replenished. I think I maybe missed it by a day or something.

Ever since I have been looking for a knob replacement as my short
stubby fingers always seem to run on the edge of the tuning knob and a
contest's worth leaves little sensitive spots. But I knew I was
simply not good enough with a grinder/sandpaper to take down the edge
without making the knob ugly.

Now a $94 knob shows up that is weighted and really looks good. This
is really a dilemma for a stingy, money-grubbing tightwad like me that
only spends money after six to twelve months of whining,
introspecting, and agonizing. Never a chance I'd buy a BMW. A K3 is
justified because it will improve NY4A scores, help me hear EU QRP
basement noodle antenna types on 40, help support an American business
putting out superior technology, allow me to NOT buy/build a bigger
desk space to go SO2R, yada, yada. But followed by months of guilt
over spending that much money on ANYTHING. (This attitude IS good for
401k's, retirement annuities, etc.)

My shrink says I can give a $100 bill to a friend (proxy), have him
order it, and bring it to a PVRC club meeting in a plain brown
wrapper. He also asks since we have saved all that money for
retirement and I'm retired, am I ever going to spend any of it?

But that really DOES look good on a K2. Support another American
cottage enterprise. Time to invest in pulling out of the recession.
Black or Bronze? Probably black. $94? (gak, choke, schnork, gnash,
mmmvff).

73, Guy.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam Morgan <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Lee Buller wrote:
>>
>> This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But, I just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way cool.
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Phil LaMarche-2

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

W9DVM ordered his black K3 knob this morning.

Philip LaMarche

LaMarche Enterprises, Inc

727-944-3226
727-937-8834 Fax
727-510-5038 Cell

www.w9dvm.com

K3 #1605

CCA 98-00827
CRA 1701
W9DVM

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:25 PM
To: Sam Morgan
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

$94 ?!

I have always loved my K2 in spite of the knob.

By the time a friend of mine told me about those neat little Yaesu knobs
that would fit the K2, that small stock had sold out never to be
replenished. I think I maybe missed it by a day or something.

Ever since I have been looking for a knob replacement as my short stubby
fingers always seem to run on the edge of the tuning knob and a contest's
worth leaves little sensitive spots. But I knew I was simply not good
enough with a grinder/sandpaper to take down the edge without making the
knob ugly.

Now a $94 knob shows up that is weighted and really looks good. This is
really a dilemma for a stingy, money-grubbing tightwad like me that only
spends money after six to twelve months of whining, introspecting, and
agonizing. Never a chance I'd buy a BMW. A K3 is justified because it will
improve NY4A scores, help me hear EU QRP basement noodle antenna types on
40, help support an American business putting out superior technology, allow
me to NOT buy/build a bigger desk space to go SO2R, yada, yada. But
followed by months of guilt over spending that much money on ANYTHING.
(This attitude IS good for 401k's, retirement annuities, etc.)

My shrink says I can give a $100 bill to a friend (proxy), have him order
it, and bring it to a PVRC club meeting in a plain brown wrapper. He also
asks since we have saved all that money for retirement and I'm retired, am I
ever going to spend any of it?

But that really DOES look good on a K2. Support another American cottage
enterprise. Time to invest in pulling out of the recession.
Black or Bronze? Probably black. $94? (gak, choke, schnork, gnash,
mmmvff).

73, Guy.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam Morgan <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Lee Buller wrote:
>>
>> This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But, I
just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the
Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way
cool.
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Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

K3 knob??? All I can see on the website is "K3 BLACK/BRONZE COMING SOON!!"
You mean they actually have them, but haven't gotten them on the website
yet? Do you know what they look like? Weight etc.?

Bill W5WVO

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From: "Phil LaMarche" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:34 PM
To: "'Guy Olinger K2AV'" <[hidden email]>; "'Sam Morgan'"
<[hidden email]>
Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

>
> W9DVM ordered his black K3 knob this morning.
>
>
> Philip LaMarche
>
> LaMarche Enterprises, Inc
>
> 727-944-3226
> 727-937-8834 Fax
> 727-510-5038 Cell
>
> www.w9dvm.com
>
> K3 #1605
>
> CCA 98-00827
> CRA 1701
> W9DVM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:25 PM
> To: Sam Morgan
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)
>
> $94 ?!
>
> I have always loved my K2 in spite of the knob.
>
> By the time a friend of mine told me about those neat little Yaesu knobs
> that would fit the K2, that small stock had sold out never to be
> replenished. I think I maybe missed it by a day or something.
>
> Ever since I have been looking for a knob replacement as my short stubby
> fingers always seem to run on the edge of the tuning knob and a contest's
> worth leaves little sensitive spots. But I knew I was simply not good
> enough with a grinder/sandpaper to take down the edge without making the
> knob ugly.
>
> Now a $94 knob shows up that is weighted and really looks good. This is
> really a dilemma for a stingy, money-grubbing tightwad like me that only
> spends money after six to twelve months of whining, introspecting, and
> agonizing. Never a chance I'd buy a BMW. A K3 is justified because it
> will
> improve NY4A scores, help me hear EU QRP basement noodle antenna types on
> 40, help support an American business putting out superior technology,
> allow
> me to NOT buy/build a bigger desk space to go SO2R, yada, yada. But
> followed by months of guilt over spending that much money on ANYTHING.
> (This attitude IS good for 401k's, retirement annuities, etc.)
>
> My shrink says I can give a $100 bill to a friend (proxy), have him order
> it, and bring it to a PVRC club meeting in a plain brown wrapper. He also
> asks since we have saved all that money for retirement and I'm retired, am
> I
> ever going to spend any of it?
>
> But that really DOES look good on a K2. Support another American cottage
> enterprise. Time to invest in pulling out of the recession.
> Black or Bronze? Probably black. $94? (gak, choke, schnork, gnash,
> mmmvff).
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam Morgan <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Lee Buller wrote:
>>>
>>> This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But, I
> just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the
> Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way
> cool.
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Phil LaMarche-2

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

Knobs are arriving Monday. 105.00 plus 5.00 shipping. Taking PP orders.

Phil

Philip LaMarche

LaMarche Enterprises, Inc

727-944-3226
727-937-8834 Fax
727-510-5038 Cell

www.w9dvm.com

K3 #1605

CCA 98-00827
CRA 1701
W9DVM

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:00 PM
To: Phil LaMarche; 'Guy Olinger K2AV'; 'Sam Morgan'
Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

K3 knob??? All I can see on the website is "K3 BLACK/BRONZE COMING SOON!!"
You mean they actually have them, but haven't gotten them on the website
yet? Do you know what they look like? Weight etc.?

Bill W5WVO

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Phil LaMarche" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:34 PM
To: "'Guy Olinger K2AV'" <[hidden email]>; "'Sam Morgan'"
<[hidden email]>
Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

>
> W9DVM ordered his black K3 knob this morning.
>
>
> Philip LaMarche
>
> LaMarche Enterprises, Inc
>
> 727-944-3226
> 727-937-8834 Fax
> 727-510-5038 Cell
>
> www.w9dvm.com
>
> K3 #1605
>
> CCA 98-00827
> CRA 1701
> W9DVM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger
> K2AV
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:25 PM
> To: Sam Morgan
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)
>
> $94 ?!
>
> I have always loved my K2 in spite of the knob.
>
> By the time a friend of mine told me about those neat little Yaesu
> knobs that would fit the K2, that small stock had sold out never to be
> replenished. I think I maybe missed it by a day or something.
>
> Ever since I have been looking for a knob replacement as my short
> stubby fingers always seem to run on the edge of the tuning knob and a
> contest's worth leaves little sensitive spots. But I knew I was
> simply not good enough with a grinder/sandpaper to take down the edge
> without making the knob ugly.
>
> Now a $94 knob shows up that is weighted and really looks good. This
> is really a dilemma for a stingy, money-grubbing tightwad like me that
> only spends money after six to twelve months of whining,
> introspecting, and agonizing. Never a chance I'd buy a BMW. A K3 is
> justified because it will improve NY4A scores, help me hear EU QRP
> basement noodle antenna types on 40, help support an American business
> putting out superior technology, allow me to NOT buy/build a bigger
> desk space to go SO2R, yada, yada. But followed by months of guilt
> over spending that much money on ANYTHING.
> (This attitude IS good for 401k's, retirement annuities, etc.)
>
> My shrink says I can give a $100 bill to a friend (proxy), have him
> order it, and bring it to a PVRC club meeting in a plain brown
> wrapper. He also asks since we have saved all that money for
> retirement and I'm retired, am I ever going to spend any of it?
>
> But that really DOES look good on a K2. Support another American
> cottage enterprise. Time to invest in pulling out of the recession.
> Black or Bronze? Probably black. $94? (gak, choke, schnork, gnash,
> mmmvff).
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam Morgan <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Lee Buller wrote:
>>>
>>> This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But,
>>> I
> just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the
> Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way
> cool.
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W8JI

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

In reply to this post by Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO

Maybe I'm missing something???

Doesn't just sliding the K3 knob on so it just kisses the
felt washers do the same thing?

The K3 knob seems plenty heavy to me.

I was thinking though, if extra weight was needed, I would
take it to a local crankshaft shop and have a few slugs of
mallory metal inserted. A slug of mallory metal is only $40.

:-)

73 Tom

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lstavenhagen

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

In reply to this post by Bill - K6WLM

Wow is right, and on the key especially.... I want one of those....

73,
LS
W5QD

Bill K9YEQ

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

In reply to this post by Phil LaMarche-2

would be nicer in a flat finish.

Bill
K9YEQ

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:35 PM
To: 'Guy Olinger K2AV'; 'Sam Morgan'
Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

W9DVM ordered his black K3 knob this morning.

Philip LaMarche

LaMarche Enterprises, Inc

727-944-3226
727-937-8834 Fax
727-510-5038 Cell

www.w9dvm.com

K3 #1605

CCA 98-00827
CRA 1701
W9DVM

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:25 PM
To: Sam Morgan
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

$94 ?!

I have always loved my K2 in spite of the knob.

By the time a friend of mine told me about those neat little Yaesu knobs
that would fit the K2, that small stock had sold out never to be
replenished. I think I maybe missed it by a day or something.

Ever since I have been looking for a knob replacement as my short stubby
fingers always seem to run on the edge of the tuning knob and a contest's
worth leaves little sensitive spots. But I knew I was simply not good
enough with a grinder/sandpaper to take down the edge without making the
knob ugly.

Now a $94 knob shows up that is weighted and really looks good. This is
really a dilemma for a stingy, money-grubbing tightwad like me that only
spends money after six to twelve months of whining, introspecting, and
agonizing. Never a chance I'd buy a BMW. A K3 is justified because it will
improve NY4A scores, help me hear EU QRP basement noodle antenna types on
40, help support an American business putting out superior technology, allow
me to NOT buy/build a bigger desk space to go SO2R, yada, yada. But
followed by months of guilt over spending that much money on ANYTHING.
(This attitude IS good for 401k's, retirement annuities, etc.)

My shrink says I can give a $100 bill to a friend (proxy), have him order
it, and bring it to a PVRC club meeting in a plain brown wrapper. He also
asks since we have saved all that money for retirement and I'm retired, am I
ever going to spend any of it?

But that really DOES look good on a K2. Support another American cottage
enterprise. Time to invest in pulling out of the recession.
Black or Bronze? Probably black. $94? (gak, choke, schnork, gnash,
mmmvff).

73, Guy.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam Morgan <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Lee Buller wrote:
>>
>> This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But, I
just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the
Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way
cool.
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Philippe Trottet

Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

In reply to this post by W8JI

Really nice looking but what would be the effects of the extra weight on the axis after extended use ?
73's
Philippe A65BI

>>> "Tom W8JI" <[hidden email]> 23-04-2010 2:17 >>>
Maybe I'm missing something???

Doesn't just sliding the K3 knob on so it just kisses the
felt washers do the same thing?

The K3 knob seems plenty heavy to me.

I was thinking though, if extra weight was needed, I would
take it to a local crankshaft shop and have a few slugs of
mallory metal inserted. A slug of mallory metal is only $40.

:-)

73 Tom

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David Pratt

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Perhaps the extra weight to which the shaft encoders that are subject to
by the heavier knobs would invalidate Elecraft's warranty.

In a recent message, Philippe Trottet <[hidden email]> wrote ...
>
>Really nice looking but what would be the effects of the extra weight
>on the axis after extended use ?
>73's
>Philippe A65BI
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Re: Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

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Absolutely. I do not like resistance on my station radios (or VERY VERY
little) (some required for mobiles) and they work just GREAT because I set
them that way in the beginning. I like exactly what I have. I spin with
the tip of my finger lightly against the front surface of the knob and would
actually prefer it completely smooth.

EVERYBODY has an opinion, mine is right (for ME). hi

73, de Jim KG0KP

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom W8JI" <[hidden email]>
To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

> Maybe I'm missing something???
>
> Doesn't just sliding the K3 knob on so it just kisses the
> felt washers do the same thing?
>
> The K3 knob seems plenty heavy to me.
>
> I was thinking though, if extra weight was needed, I would
> take it to a local crankshaft shop and have a few slugs of
> mallory metal inserted. A slug of mallory metal is only $40.
>
> :-)
>
> 73 Tom
>
>
>
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