From: "Eugene Balinski" 
Subject: Re: [drakelist] Knob


"Eugene Balinski"  made an utterence to
the drakelist gang
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Dan,

   Yes they are thin.  2 out of the 4 are cracked.   I will
keep my eye open for knobs from  Knightkit at the flea.  I
have to believe that they used the knobs on more than one
model.  

73
Gene K1NR


On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:34:21 -0500
  wrote:
> 
>  made an utterence to the drakelist
> gang
>
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> 
> > The knobs that failed were the small ones on the
> capacitor
> > range settings (located below the big  knobs) and on
> the
> > SWR CAL momentary switch knob.  
> > 
> 
> I replaced mine with knobs from an old Knightkit tube
> tester. A bit different in shape, but not as likely to
> come apart. The Drake knobs fail because they are very
> thin in the direction of the most force on the lever
> switches. The Knight knobs are much heavier, hence a bit
> bigger.
> 
> They work great. Can't figure out how to change the
> pushbutton switch on the far left, however. 
> 
> Dan, K8WV
>
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