[Elecraft] [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

[John Ragle]

Just buy a pair of side panels from e.g. Speedy Metals (Google it) -- 
they won't be fancy, but they can be had in a wide variety of materials, 
pre-sawn to length, and a little dressing with a file and a SOS pad will 
make them purty. You could even drill a couple of holes for large 
cable-ties...

The whole shebang won't put you out more than a duodecabuck or so.

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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On 4/2/2011 1:22 AM, eric norris 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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