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It's on the way. Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP
> 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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