Hello
I presently have a pair of K3s. One of my dilemmas is that I am constantly
hauling the rigs around between my house and a remote hamshack. Of course the
K3 gets top billing and sits on the passenger seat of my pickup truck (rather
than in the back with all the picks, shovels, and tower sections etc.) I know
others use their K3s in portable operations as well. The last thing I want is
to damage it through any unforseen accident or goof-up. My brother K0ZK has
his K3 and rigged up a plastic case from Pelican I think, that works quite
well. He made his own foam spacers.
I recently took a gamble and ordered a military aluminum case from a
surplus supplier, and was overjoyed at what I received. It is a heavy wall
olive drab aluminum carrying case with a carrying handle and six latching
clamps. The case lid is rubber gasketted and is waterproof with a pressure
relief button as well. It measures 13 x 14 x 9" inside, but the cool part is
that it comes with foam rubber inserts on the inside. I managed to cut mine
with a sharp serrated steak knife, so that the K3 fits in there perfectly. The
top cover simply requires that the foam rubber insert is reversed, or you could
hack that one up to allow headphones or other soft accessories. I reversed mine
and the protection is now complete, with foam rubber all around the radio. I
could throw it off a bridge into a river, or drop it in a rock quarry, and the
K3 would come out unscathed.
My particular container was made by ZERO Corporation, noted for making high
end aluminum cases. Other manufacturers also made these cases. The surplus
place also sells a plastic version for $10 less. Both types originally housed
night vision equipmenmt. I just thought some other K3 owners might be
interested in these.
See:
Coleman's Military Surplus
360 Klinger Road
Millersburg, PA 17061
1-888-478-7758 also www.colemans.com
http://store.colemans.com/cart/aviators-kit-boxcontainer-aluminum-p-260.html
Item is #1384 in their print catalog, or #1385 for the plastic case. "U.S. G.I.
Aviator's Container" Cost was $29.95 or $19.95 for the plastic one. I have no
connection to Coleman's at all. I just was amazed at how this fits the K3
perfectly with just a little cutting of the foam rubber. Check it out. I am not
sure how many cases they have.
73
Dave K1WHS
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