[Elecraft] KTS1 Tilt Stand Mods

Sun Jan 6 09:10:01 2002

When I saw earlier posts on this, I thought this would be great as well. 
  Then someone made a comment that their stand did this but mine did not.

Come to find out, I have about 350 degrees of rotation.  The trick is to 
rotate over the top, not from the bottom.  If I have the rig in the 
normal near vertical position, I can't just continue in that direction 
and get it vertical.  However, if I reverse and come all the way around 
so that I'm rotating around the bottom, over the front and then over the 
top, I can get the rig to vertical position.

This certainly makes it much nicer to carry with the stand still attached.

Michael N4NMR

Jerry Kincade wrote:

> In the K1 "for what it's worth" department:
> 
> I wanted my K1 to be able to rotate through 360 degrees while in the long
> arm stand, so I can "fold" it up for packing/portability without removing
> the K1 from the stand. Unfortunately, the stock setup won't do this, because
> the 4-3/4" long arms are slightly too short to allow interference-free
> rotation. Easy fix is to manufacture a couple of longer arms. 1/8" x 1" flat
> aluminum stock in 36" lengths is available cheap from Home Depot. Cut two
> EXACTLY matching pieces (I used 5-1/4", but they must be at least 5" for
> this to work), drill holes in each end the same size as the holes in the
> original long arms, using the originals for a pattern. Took about 30
> minutes, works like a charm. I pulled the rubber washers off the original
> arms and will reuse them. Now all I have to do is  shoot a little zinc
> chromate and some Satin Black Rustoleum on the new arms, and I'm in
> business. I also hit Ace Hardware's specialty fastener section for a couple
> of larger 10-32 thumbscrews for mounting the K1 to the stand. My old
> arthritic fingers like the bigger knobs on the new thumbscrews much better.
> 
> Last but not least: has anybody modified the "T" shaped base piece to take a
> 1/4-20 standard threaded camera tripod mount? With one of the new breed of
> small super lightweight tripods, this seems like it might be a useful idea
> for operating out of a beach chair, lawn chair, etc., anywhere you have a
> place to sit but no handy place to put the K1. I'm thinking a guy might
> drill a hole in the base and JB-weld a 1/4" stainless nut on top of the base
> to accept a camera tripod screw from the bottom up.
> 
> 73, Jerry W5KP
> 
> 
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73 de N4NMR
Michael Bower
Ashburn, VA (near Washington, D.C.)