[MRCA] Forward or Backward

[Ken Krausgill]

Looks great Ray, nice job!

 

Ken

KD2GFM

 

From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Ray Fantini
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 3:30 PM
To: mrca at mailman.qth.net; MMRCG <MMRCG at groups.io>; HarrisRadio at groups.io
Subject: [MRCA] Forward or Backward

 

Yesterday I decided to build a rack mount for my RF-5000 set, thought about
trying to buy one but at the end of the day built up one from stuff around
the house. Started with using an old RCA monitor amplifier rack tray. It was
built back in the early sixties out of steel and use to support a couple
heavy monitor amplifiers so knew it would have no issue supporting the
Harris stuff. The back stopping blocks and the front lock downs are from a
old military GRC-19 mount that I cut up years ago for building a mount for
my GRC-106 Drilled out the appropriate holes for installing the back stops
and two holes in the front that I installed a couple bolts for the wing nuts
to attach to along with spot welding the heads of the bolts under the tray
so they would not turn or fall out when the front retainers are removed.
Painted everything black and there you go.

The real question is "should the amplifier be installed forward or
backwards?" the mount works both ways, so it doesn't care. This is with the
amplifier installed backwards, rear front. I think it looks better installed
like this, just I recall seeing a mobile installation where this was done
and there was much P/M about how that's not right, possibly immoral!  I
think this looks better, what do you think? Attached is a picture of the
installation and the front and back stop.

 

Ray F/KA3EKH

 

 

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