Elecraft › [K2]

[K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

Classic

List

Threaded

9 messages Options

WD6DBM

[K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

I recently saw a string of posts on the HFPack forum about a "dream radio" for
HFPack, Pedestrian Mobile, etc. Almost everything asked for by various
contributors is already part of the K2--effective NB, DSP, 15-20 watt output
power, miserly receiver, built-in battery pack, etc. What the K2 doesn't have
are the physical characteristics for carrying it.

It seems to me you could produce side panels for the K2 that were longer in
front and back to protect the controls in front and connectors in the back.
These same side panels could have attached metal strap loops for carrying the K2
with a shoulder strap, and strap loops for tieing it down to an ALICE frame,
etc., Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in front,
creating a box around the controls for protection.

Has anyone with a machine shop experimented with this, or has Elecraft
considered making some extra-long panels? Just a thought....

73, Eric WD6DBM

K3, K2, K1, KX1, P3, XV432, XV144, mini-modules, 64-oz glass for the
Kool-Aid....
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

kevinr@coho.net

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

Check the archives. I think someone did that in the past and may be
available to make more of them for you.
Kevin. KD5ONS

On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:22:11 -0700, eric norris <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> I recently saw a string of posts on the HFPack forum about a "dream
> radio" for
> HFPack, Pedestrian Mobile, etc. Almost everything asked for by various
> contributors is already part of the K2--effective NB, DSP, 15-20 watt
> output
> power, miserly receiver, built-in battery pack, etc. What the K2
> doesn't have
> are the physical characteristics for carrying it.
>
> It seems to me you could produce side panels for the K2 that were longer
> in
> front and back to protect the controls in front and connectors in the
> back.These same side panels could have attached metal strap loops for
> carrying the K2
> with a shoulder strap, and strap loops for tieing it down to an ALICE
> frame,
> etc., Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in
> front,
> creating a box around the controls for protection.
>
> Has anyone with a machine shop experimented with this, or has Elecraft
> considered making some extra-long panels? Just a thought....
>
> 73, Eric WD6DBM
>
> K3, K2, K1, KX1, P3, XV432, XV144, mini-modules, 64-oz glass for the
> Kool-Aid....
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

--
Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

John Ragle

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

In reply to this post by WD6DBM

Just buy a pair of side panels from e.g. Speedy Metals (Google it) --
they won't be fancy, but they can be had in a wide variety of materials,
pre-sawn to length, and a little dressing with a file and a SOS pad will
make them purty. You could even drill a couple of holes for large
cable-ties...

The whole shebang won't put you out more than a duodecabuck or so.

John Ragle -- W1ZI

=====

On 4/2/2011 1:22 AM, eric norris wrote:

> I recently saw a string of posts on the HFPack forum about a "dream radio" for
> HFPack, Pedestrian Mobile, etc. Almost everything asked for by various
> contributors is already part of the K2--effective NB, DSP, 15-20 watt output
> power, miserly receiver, built-in battery pack, etc. What the K2 doesn't have
> are the physical characteristics for carrying it.
>
> It seems to me you could produce side panels for the K2 that were longer in
> front and back to protect the controls in front and connectors in the back.
> These same side panels could have attached metal strap loops for carrying the K2
> with a shoulder strap, and strap loops for tieing it down to an ALICE frame,
> etc., Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in front,
> creating a box around the controls for protection.
>
> Has anyone with a machine shop experimented with this, or has Elecraft
> considered making some extra-long panels? Just a thought....
>
> 73, Eric WD6DBM
>
> K3, K2, K1, KX1, P3, XV432, XV144, mini-modules, 64-oz glass for the
> Kool-Aid....
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> 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:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

Byron Servies

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

In reply to this post by WD6DBM

Perhaps these images from the Elecraft web site will provide inspiration:

http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/NewPics2/wj4p_rugged_fr.jpg
http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/NewPics2/wj4p_rugged_caps.jpg
http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/old_pics3.htm

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:22 PM, eric norris <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> It seems to me you could produce side panels for the K2 that were longer in
> front and back to protect the controls in front and connectors in the back.

73, Byron N6NUL
K1 #2799
K2 #7077
----
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

Byron Servies

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

I left out this nifty looking ruggedized K2 from G3LUB:

http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/g3lub_rugged_k2.jpg

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Byron Servies <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Perhaps these images from the Elecraft web site will provide inspiration:
>
> http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/NewPics2/wj4p_rugged_fr.jpg
> http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/NewPics2/wj4p_rugged_caps.jpg
> http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/old_pics3.htm

--
73, Byron N6NUL
----
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

Bill W4ZV

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

In reply to this post by WD6DBM

> Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in front,
creating a box around the controls for protection.

The K2's are available for: $45
The K3's are available for: $50
(plus shipping)

See photo about 3/4 down this page:

http://saylorsmachine.com/ShopPhotos.html

73, Bill W4ZV

Eugene Balinski

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

In reply to this post by kevinr@coho.net

Actually, I was hoping that something like that would be
the next Elecraft product. Maybe a K2-"field", or a K2-A;
a ruggedized, updated, version with lessons learned from
the K3. Perhaps in a SG-2020 like package, with 20W and a
antenna tuner mounted on the top with both a front and rear
RF connector to allow use of the radio with a whip antenna
in a pack. Use the external KPA-100 with KAT-100 for
non-portable operation. Battery could mount inside the
radio or on the bottom.

Just a thought.. : - )

73,
K1NR

On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:31:07 -0700
"Kevin Rock" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Check the archives. I think someone did that in the past
> and may be
> available to make more of them for you.
> Kevin. KD5ONS
>
>
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:22:11 -0700, eric norris
> <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > I recently saw a string of posts on the HFPack forum
> about a "dream
> > radio" for
> > HFPack, Pedestrian Mobile, etc. Almost everything
> asked for by various
> > contributors is already part of the K2--effective NB,
> DSP, 15-20 watt
> > output
> > power, miserly receiver, built-in battery pack, etc.
> What the K2
> > doesn't have
> > are the physical characteristics for carrying it.
> >
> > It seems to me you could produce side panels for the K2
> that were longer
> > in
> > front and back to protect the controls in front and
> connectors in the
> > back.These same side panels could have attached metal
> strap loops for
> > carrying the K2
> > with a shoulder strap, and strap loops for tieing it
> down to an ALICE
> > frame,
> > etc., Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended
> too, at least in
> > front,
> > creating a box around the controls for protection.
> >
> > Has anyone with a machine shop experimented with this,
> or has Elecraft
> > considered making some extra-long panels? Just a
> thought....
> >
> > 73, Eric WD6DBM
> >
> > K3, K2, K1, KX1, P3, XV432, XV144, mini-modules, 64-oz
> glass for the
> > Kool-Aid....
> >
>

______________________________________________________________

> > Elecraft mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:[hidden email]
> >
> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> > Please help support this email list:
> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
>
> --
> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:
> http://www.opera.com/mail/
>

______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list:
> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider.
http://www.nni.com/
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

Gary K9GS

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

In reply to this post by Bill W4ZV

Not that I have an interest in buying one for my K3 but for $50.00 I'd
be hard pressed to make my own set. These look great!

A trip to the local anodizing shop would get you any color you'd like.

On 4/2/2011 6:24 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote:

>> Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in front,
> creating a box around the controls for protection.
>
> The K2's are available for: $45
> The K3's are available for: $50
> (plus shipping)
>
> See photo about 3/4 down this page:
>
> http://saylorsmachine.com/ShopPhotos.html
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-Hardened-K2-for-HFPack-tp6233257p6234503.html
> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>

Mike Maloney

Re: [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

Looking at my K3 closer, the finished hardwood extended sides that someone else
suggested would look pretty darn sharp. They could be fitted over the existing
side panels with longer flat head screws after removing rubber bumpers and
handle. Extra personal detailing could be done with laser engraving. Anyone
already done this?

Mike AC5P

________________________________
From: Gary K9GS <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 9:14:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

Not that I have an interest in buying one for my K3 but for $50.00 I'd
be hard pressed to make my own set. These look great!

A trip to the local anodizing shop would get you any color you'd like.

On 4/2/2011 6:24 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote:

>> Perhaps the top and bottom could be extended too, at least in front,
> creating a box around the controls for protection.
>
> The K2's are available for: $45
> The K3's are available for: $50
> (plus shipping)
>
> See photo about 3/4 down this page:
>
> http://saylorsmachine.com/ShopPhotos.html
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
> --
> View this message in context:
>http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-Hardened-K2-for-HFPack-tp6233257p6234503.html
>
> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>

--

73,

Gary K9GS

Check out K9NS on the web: http://www.k9ns.com
Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org
Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com

************************************************

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

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:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html