It's on the way. Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Olean" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 12:11 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 protective case
> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
