[Elecraft] [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

[Kevin Rock]

Check the archives.  I think someone did that in the past and may be  
available to make more of them for you.
    Kevin.  KD5ONS


On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:22:11 -0700, eric norris <gliderboy1955 at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> I recently saw a string of posts on the HFPack forum about a "dream  
> radio" for
> HFPack, Pedestrian Mobile, etc.  Almost everything asked for by various
> contributors is already part of the K2--effective NB, DSP, 15-20 watt  
> output
> power, miserly receiver, built-in battery pack, etc.  What the K2  
> doesn't have
> are the physical characteristics for carrying it.
>
> It seems to me you could produce side panels for the K2 that were longer  
> in
> front and back to protect the controls in front and connectors in the  
> back.These same side panels could have attached metal strap loops for  
> carrying the K2
> with a shoulder strap, and strap loops for tieing it down to an ALICE  
> frame,
> etc.,  Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in  
> front,
> creating a box around the controls for protection.
>
> Has anyone with a machine shop experimented with this, or has Elecraft
> considered making some extra-long panels?  Just a thought....
>
> 73, Eric WD6DBM
>
> K3, K2, K1, KX1, P3, XV432, XV144, mini-modules, 64-oz glass for the
> Kool-Aid....
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