[Elecraft] !

[Terry Schieler]

What's Kriptonite going for these days?

W0FM

-----Original Message-----
From: kevinr [mailto:kevinr at coho.net] 
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 5:29 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] !

6 x 2 x 0.5 gives 6 cu in.  Which is 98 cubic centimeters.  at 22.5 gm/cc that gives 2212 gms.  The going price for a gram of osmium is $61 which makes your weight cost about $134,947 not counting machining, mounting, plus shipping and handling.  Quite the fancy weight for your rig Wayne :)

Kevin.  KD5ONS



On 6/7/2012 3:19 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> stan levandowski wrote:
>
>> What a rig!...
> Thanks, Stan. Glad you like it.
>
>
>> I am a violent bug basher who requires at the very least 6 lbs of 
>> dead weight....
> Alternative: With the KX3 up on its tilt stand there's enough 
> clearance to a chunk of metal to the back, say 6 x 2 x 0.5 inches. You 
> could use steel or lead (boring!), or make your KX3 truly unique by 
> using osmium, tungsten, indium, etc.
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
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