Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

[Don Rasmussen]

For K3: I have never had such a nicely balanced knob on such a silky smooth encoder.

Collins, yeah, I can see some advantages to the extra weight. That having been said - I do enjoy having the dimple on the outside of the knob, and some extra finger room around the VFO B area.

http://www.zerobeat.net/wb8yqj/K3_4d.jpg


Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)
Tom W8JI w8ji at w8ji.com
Thu Apr 22 18:17:51 EDT 2010


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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[ab2tc]

Hi,

I am not sure if I understand what all the excitement is about. From what I can see from the pictures, the Elecraft knob does not have a swiveling finger dimple. I am still of the opinion that the tuning knobs on the Yaecomwood radios are superior just for this reason (I only have personal experience with ICOM knobs). I would gladly pay the $100 price for a K3 compatible tuning knob equivalent to my IC718 or IC7200 tuning knobs. I would never pay this kind of money for mere eye candy.

AB2TC - Knut

Don Rasmussen wrote

For K3: I have never had such a nicely balanced knob on such a silky smooth encoder.

Collins, yeah, I can see some advantages to the extra weight. That having been said - I do enjoy having the dimple on the outside of the knob, and some extra finger room around the VFO B area.
<snip>

[Doug Turnbull]

Hi,
    The know does look and sound nice but oh such an expense.   The Scottish
blood in my veins is turning cold.   One should always question; will the
encoder and its bearings take this added weight for ten years.  How much of
a pain will it be to replace the encoder in the future?   The Collis
equipment is built like a tank while Elecraft makes lightweight stealth
equipment.   There may be some mechanical considerations.

     73 Doug EI2CN

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Hi,

I am not sure if I understand what all the excitement is about. From what I
can see from the pictures, the Elecraft knob does not have a swiveling
finger dimple. I am still of the opinion that the tuning knobs on the
Yaecomwood radios are superior just for this reason (I only have personal
experience with ICOM knobs). I would gladly pay the $100 price for a K3
compatible tuning knob equivalent to my IC718 or IC7200 tuning knobs. I
would never pay this kind of money for mere eye candy.

AB2TC - Knut


Don Rasmussen wrote:
>
> For K3: I have never had such a nicely balanced knob on such a silky
> smooth encoder.
>
> Collins, yeah, I can see some advantages to the extra weight. That having
> been said - I do enjoy having the dimple on the outside of the knob, and
> some extra finger room around the VFO B area.
> <snip>
>

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