At 09:08 AM 12/18/07, you wrote: >As I don't have a lot of free time these days to fabricate 'em..... > >I'm looking for the set of brackets that allow a T1500 series >duplexer to be recessed mounted in a rack so the tuning shafts don't >protrude past the front of the rack. > >If you have a set that you wish to part with, contact me offlist > >Thanks > >Ken >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >President and CTO - Arcom Communications >Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. >http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ >Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and >we offer complete repeater packages! >AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 >http://www.irlp.net >"We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!"
A photo of a set attached to a T1500 is on the T1500 page (see the Antennas page at repeater-builder). The set I have were acquired from Chatsworth Products Inc. (also known as CPI) back around 1996 or so. See www.chatsworth.com At that time they were stock items in their catalog. I remember seeing them in several vertical sizes from 1RU to 10RU, several standoff depths, and in 3 or 4 finish colors. The basic part name is "Rack Channel Standoff", part number 12309, 12310 and 12311. See <http://chatsworth.configureone.net/catalog/sv/q/?search=Rack+Channel+Standoff> Prices range from about $30 for 1RU and 1.5" offset to almost $120 for 10RU and 6" offset. The size you need, if I remember correctly, is 4RU and 6" and runs $62.37 See <http://chatsworth.com/Product_Docs/12309_CUT.PDF> Chatsworth sells through distributors. See <http://www.chatsworth.com/distributors> A quickie way to do it (and much cheaper) is to take a piece of 6" or 8" wide pine shelving and mount it edgewise to the rack rails with drywall screws (into the surface of the wood that would be facing the wall if mounted on shelf brackets normally). Then use more drywall screws to mount the duplexer panel to the opposite surface of the wood. Or use two pieces of 2x4 and drill holes through them and use them as spacers... use long 10-32 bolts to pinch the 2x4s between the T1500 panel and the rack rails.... Later replace the wood with lengths of steel tubing .... There are a number of sites where I wouldn't use wood, but for a garage test, it's just dandy. Mike WA6ILQ
