[Elecraft] [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

[Eugene Balinski]

  Actually, I was hoping that something like that would be
the next Elecraft product.  Maybe a K2-"field", or a K2-A;
a ruggedized, updated, version with lessons learned from
the K3.  Perhaps in a SG-2020 like package, with 20W and a
antenna tuner mounted on the top with both a front and rear
RF connector to allow use of the radio with a whip antenna
in a pack. Use the external KPA-100 with KAT-100 for
non-portable operation. Battery could mount inside the
radio or on the bottom.

Just a thought..  : - ) 

73,
K1NR




On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:31:07 -0700
 "Kevin Rock" <kevinr at coho.net> wrote:
> 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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