[Elecraft] Make the Feet "Stickier"

[Mike Harris]

Better than DU at 19.1gm/cm cube is Tungsten at 19.25gm or Gold at 
19.3gm. (Densities from Wikipedia)

A Gold bottom cover would make a really fully loaded K3.  Worth a bit too.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO



On 14/03/2012 16:59, Bob Wolbert wrote:
> Long ago, I actually cut plates of 0.25" steel and bolted them beneath
> the front bottom cover of my K3s so they wouldn't move when the front
> panel buttons were jabbed. Once the subreceivers were added, the
> combined weight is just about perfect, as long as the cleaning crew (me)
> dusts the shack occasionally.
>
> Licking my fingers&  wetting the rear feet and the rubber part of the
> front bail also keeps my rigs in place without any more exotic chemicals
> or devices.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Wolbert
>
> On 3/14/2012 12:15 PM, Dave New, N8SBE wrote:
>> "Real radios glow in the dark?"
>>
>> Sorry, couldn't resist.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> -- Dave, N8SBE
>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Make the Feet "Stickier"
>>> From: Ian White GM3SEK<gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
>>> Date: Wed, March 14, 2012 3:02 pm
>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave New, N8SBE wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The K3 is just too darn light -- you need a MAN'S radio, one of those
>>>> YaeComWood 50-pounders.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Coming soon, specially crafted for all those stay-at-home K3s:
>>> replacement top and bottom covers made from Depleted Uranium.
>>>
>>> Order code KDU3
>>>
>>> [Insert user-configurable "radioactivity" joke here.]
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
>>> http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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