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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Starting to be sorry I asked. > > > > On May 4, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Walter Underwood <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
