[Elecraft] Watertight Polycarb Boxes at Wally World

[David Cutter]

The ones I bought (not from Wal-Mart) were good against light rain,  but 
leaked slightly in driving rain, yours might be different, be worth a try. 
You could add some compound on the seal to help with this.   On mine the O 
ring is a bit too hard and the lip a bit too soft to make a really good 
seal, made worse if the sides are deformed by over-filling.

David
G3UNA


>A few days ago, I discovered some polycarbonate boxes in the camping
> section of our local Wal-Mart.  They are watertight, have an O ring
> gasket around door fitting, clear (with a blue tint), and come in 2
> sizes.
>
> I couldn't find them on the WM website, but did find them on the
> Outdoor Products site:
> http://www.outdoorproducts.com/proddetail.aspx?sku=172OP
>
> The larger box fits my KX1 (with the paddle attached) and leaves a
> little room to spare for extra batteries, antenna, mini-manual, etc.
> I imagine that the smaller box would hold Altoid's tin-sized rigs with
> a little room to spare as well.
>
> Oh yeah, these boxes will set you back a whopping $7 & $9 at Wal-Mart
> for the small and large sizes, respectively.
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
> kf4tzk