[Elecraft] Stacking K3, KAT500 and KPA500

[Dick Dievendorff]

I use bamboo Seville shoe racks from Costco.  I have a bunch of these to
store shoe boxes of various parts and cables.

https://www.costco.com/Seville-Classics-Solid-Bamboo-3-tier-Shoe-Rack,-Bronz
e-Finish.product.100289769.html

I have K3 + SP3 on the bottom, KPA500 + P3 in middle, KAT500, YCCC SO2R box,
antenna switch, WinKey, LP-100A on the next shelf up, and I still have the
top shelf top free for a phone and gear that's not in immediate use.

I have a few other pieces of stuck here and there as well.

Mine doesn't spin around well, though...  

The newer ones of these are much more rigid than earlier versions. The amp
doesn't sag at all, and I have 2" of room above the amp to the next shelf.

73 de Dick, K6KR

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John
Nogatch
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 06:19
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Stacking K3, KAT500 and KPA500

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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