Just buy a pair of side panels from e.g. Speedy Metals (Google it) -- they won't be fancy, but they can be had in a wide variety of materials, pre-sawn to length, and a little dressing with a file and a SOS pad will make them purty. You could even drill a couple of holes for large cable-ties...
The whole shebang won't put you out more than a duodecabuck or so. John Ragle -- W1ZI ===== On 4/2/2011 1:22 AM, eric norris wrote: > I recently saw a string of posts on the HFPack forum about a "dream radio" for > HFPack, Pedestrian Mobile, etc. Almost everything asked for by various > contributors is already part of the K2--effective NB, DSP, 15-20 watt output > power, miserly receiver, built-in battery pack, etc. What the K2 doesn't have > are the physical characteristics for carrying it. > > It seems to me you could produce side panels for the K2 that were longer in > front and back to protect the controls in front and connectors in the back. > These same side panels could have attached metal strap loops for carrying the > K2 > with a shoulder strap, and strap loops for tieing it down to an ALICE frame, > etc., Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in front, > creating a box around the controls for protection. > > Has anyone with a machine shop experimented with this, or has Elecraft > considered making some extra-long panels? Just a thought.... > > 73, Eric WD6DBM > > K3, K2, K1, KX1, P3, XV432, XV144, mini-modules, 64-oz glass for the > Kool-Aid.... > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
