[Elecraft] Could you make a Element/vibration hardend VX3?

[Russell Conner]

Wayne, looking at how well your unit is put together and designed, (and I
work with a lot of IBM Mainframe/RS600 gear from the last 30 years, so I
know good engineering when I see it) I am pretty sure that I could build a
sealed, finned, aluminum case with rubber standoffs, and a flexible plastic
cover to protect the buttons and provide some sealing around the knobs.

I have a Maker Shed nearby with a 3d scanner and CNC lathe + laser cutter,
so I could certainly make myself one, but unlikely to be commercially
viable, as you point out.

maybe I will be ready for such a challenge in a few months.


On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> It was a perfectly valid question, Russell. "Hardening" the KX3 would be
> useful for high-vibration applications, but definitely on the expensive
> side. I'm not sure we could justify the engineering time or that we'd have
> a large enough market for it.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On May 4, 2014, at 4:51 PM, Russell Conner <rgconner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Starting to be sorry I asked.
> >
> > On May 4, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> It isn't a delicate wallflower, but it is a  pretty expensive and
> complicated way to get 3W on 2m FM. And it isn't really designed for
> general-purpose 2m use. Will it have automatic repeater offsets on 2m?
> Maybe not.
> >>
> >> With a dual-band mobile, you can use a high-gain 440 antenna. You'll
> also have at least 10X the power that the KX3 could produce.
> >>
> >> A 2M mobile radio is under $200, and a basic dual-band mobile is under
> $400.
> >>
> >> wunder
> >> K6WRU
> >>
> >> On May 4, 2014, at 3:17 PM, rgconner <rgconner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> You must not use CB, or maybe it is just where I live, but if you try
> and use
> >>> any channel on the CB the yahoos drown you out.
> >>>
> >>> REmeber, any yahoo can use CB, but a HAM operator has to pass a test.
> That
> >>> appears to weed out the yahoos.
> >>>
> >>> I am amazed by all the things this radio does, and does well, but it is
> >>> apparently a delicate wallflower in everyones opinion.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe it is, I am reluctant to shell out $1000 to prove it right or
> wrong.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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