Mine is rock solid, Clark. But - is the wobble actually
in the rotary encoder, or in the knob? You might play
with the knob a bit to see if sliding it out away from the
panel and/or adjusting the drag before replacing the
encoder.
By the way, replacing the encoder is a 3 minute job.
It mounts with a nut just like a potentiometer, and has
a plug for connection. Like I said - three minute from
loosening lid screws to tightening lid screws.
The new encoders are in the $30.00 range.
de KL7HF
-----Original Message-----
From: Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG <turner@safety.ics.uci.edu>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 1:34 PM
Subject: [TenTec] OMNI VI main tuning knob
>
>Curious again.... I have had two OMNI VI's, had to sell the
>first for food (well, for a computer that enabled me to get
>food!) and then found this one so cheap I had to have it :-) .
>
>I noticed in each of them, just a little play in the optical
>encoder shaft, a bit of "wobble" and a few days ago someone
>decried such movement as though it was not a feature, but a
>bug.
>
>I like a very tight tuning feel, and wonder if anyone else
>noticed a very firm optical encoder tuning shaft, is there
>any noticeable "wobble"? If there are more than a few that
>don't have it....I may be saving some dough to pick up a new
>optical encoder so that I can have a more stable tuning knob.
>Anyone ever buy one and know how much $ and how much trouble
>to install?
>
>Clark
>WA3JPG
>
>
>
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