I bought a kit from NovexComm to mount my KPA500/KAT500. They do advertise on ebay, but I bought direct from them because I wanted mine with the KAT500 on the bottom, and they made a kit up special. This was years ago and maybe they don't do that anymore, but it just made sense to me. I like to RTTY contest and things can heat up. Oh, and they are much less expensive than the SNS ones on the Elecraft page. It did require a bit of fabrication and there are a couple small holes in one side of the KPA500 case if I remember correctly.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM Augie "Gus" Hansen via Elecraft < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Gary. > > > I recently acquired a KPA500 amp and the KAT500 tuner and I'm wanting to > > rack mount them. Unfortunately, I can't find any brackets or any way to > > mount them in the cabinet. Anyone have any ideas or know where I can > find > > some brackets for mounting? One place in CA used to sell a mounting kit > but > > don't any longer. Any help would be appreciated. > > My QRZ page shows a short rack system that I assembled several years > ago. It contains a K3S + P3 combo and a KPA1500. Not shown is what you > need for the KPA500 + KAT500 setup. I have such a system in my > collection of Elecraft equipment. > > The rack panels were obtained from SNS Engineering: > https://www.snsengineering.com/ > > You can mount the tuner above or below the amp. It makes a tidy system > that I use for portable operations. The panels are a bit expensive, but > they are very durable and attractive. (SNS has done the metal work for > some Elecraft products in addition to these external products.) > > 73, > Gus Hansen > KB0YH > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] -- Jim K0XU [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]
