Wanted to thank everyone who responded to my inquiry about a hard case for the K3. I ended up purchasing the Harbor Freight #69315 ((18" X 13" X 6"). It runs $25 and ended up being exactly what I was looking for; certainly not what you would want for shipping, but perfect to take your K3 to FD, amateur radio demonstrations, etc., and if it is a second radio, a place to keep it in the house where it will be free of dust and dirt.
I haven't purchased the foam I will need to pad the edges and top, but it will not take too much. If anyone else is contemplating purchasing a case at a reasonable price, this one fills the bill. One word of caution, the case has a removable tool holder in the top. When removed, there are two metal tabs located at the bottom of the lid (used to hold the tool holder). To prevent damage to the K3 case, you need to remove them. I just pried them out with a screwdriver. Once removed, I found they were held in by two of the four rivets used to secure the lid to the case. All I needed to do was place the rivet heads on the back of the case (protruding from the hinges) on the back of a vice. Then using a hammer, I pounded the rivets that were holding the metal tabs flat. Dick K8ZTT ______________________________________________________________ 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]
