[Elecraft] Stacking K3, KAT500 and KPA500

[Ramon Tristani]

Nice setup. But what a tangled mess of cables! Using PVC is a great idea but I wonder if it is stiff enough not to sway under the weight of the equipment. It doesn’t show but did you add some cross members to strengthen the frame? Maybe its about time for Elecraft to work on something to integrate their K3 related components without the need for so many interconnecting cables.

Ramon - NQ9V


> On Mar 21, 2017, at 9:18 AM, John Nogatch <jnogatch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 4:43 AM, Jerry <W1ie at jetbroadband.com> wrote:
>> ... planning the layout of the station and the thought came that if I
>> stack the K3 at the bottom, with the KAT400 on top of the K3 with the
>> KPA500, it would solve the space issue. It raises questions about :
>> 1.       Would the K3 support the stack?
>> 2.       Will I be having heat issues. ....
> 
> In 2014, I built a light-weight PVC rack mount to stack my K3, KPA500, KAT500.
> 
> It is pictured on slides 5, 6, and 7 of this presentation:
> https://www.slvarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Homebrew_2015.pdf
> 
> There is enough separation between the units to allow free air flow.
> 
> The cabling is still a mess, but easier to work on versus side-by-side
> as shown in slide 4.
> 
> -John AC6SL
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