When I received my V3 board a couple of weeks ago I just swapped the new board in for the old V2 board, leaving everything else in place. Everything has been mostly working until this morning, the main tuning encoder failed so I proceeded to exchange the new encoder board that came with my V3 board when I discovered it can't work because the threads on the new encoders are too short. The ribbon cable connector is too tall to allow the encoder threads to poke through the hole. The old encoders just barely made it through but the new ones will never reach. Does anybody at HFSignals check this stuff before shipping? This is a real problem that cant easily be solved without ordering new encoders with longer shafts and threads or HFSignals sending new encoder boards out. I'm trying not be too critical of this radio but I'm beginning to loose my patience.
Joel
N6ALT
Joel Caulkins/N6ALT