An excellent lightweight KX2 container.
My KX2 with handles sits in a Sterilite ultra-seal 8.3 cup / 2.0 liter food
container fromthe grocery store with a piece of 3/8 inch black foam pad sitting
underneath the radio. The Sterilite cover fits tightly against the KX2 handles
compressing the foam pad slightly as the 4 cover locks snap into place. I
leave the KXPD2 paddles in place on the radio but surrounded with a small
sturdy box inside the food container. I found this step to be unnecessary but
do it anyway.
This particular plastic food container and cover are quite sturdy and has done
the job for many years on the trail sitting at the bottom of my small radio
backpack.
72,
Jim / W1FMR in NH celebrating 71 years of Ham Radio....
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 10:32:43 -0700
From: Larry Taylor <[email protected]>
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I have to agree with the APACHE cases from Harbor Freight. They are good
quality, inexpensive, and come in many sizes. I have used one for my K2 POTA
ops for several years with great success.
Larry - W7LDT
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> I also use the Harbor Freight Apache hard case. It is unexpectedly good
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 15:49:00 -0700
From: David Gilbert <[email protected]>
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I bought this stuff to clean my keyboard but it also did a terrific job
on the front panel of my K3.? It's on sale at the moment.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BC4T8ZQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Dave?? AB7E
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 21:12:08 -0700
From: "Dave (NK7Z)" <[email protected]>
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I have used that same item before, and it works wonders! Cleans
everything...
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
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> I bought this stuff to clean my keyboard but it also did a terrific job
> on the front panel of my K3.? It's on sale at the moment.
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> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BC4T8ZQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 23:35:48 -0700
From: Mike Rees <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Keyboard Cleaner Gel
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Just a thought, it sounds like Silly Putty. Silly Putty was
originally developed as wall paper cleaner
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> I have used that same item before, and it works wonders! Cleans
> everything...
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>
> 73, and thanks,
> Dave (NK7Z)
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> Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes
> a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
> E. F. Schumacher
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> On 5/23/25 15:49, David Gilbert wrote:
> >
> >
> > I bought this stuff to clean my keyboard but it also did a terrific job
> > on the front panel of my K3. It's on sale at the moment.
> >
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BC4T8ZQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 23:52:23 -0700
From: David Gilbert <[email protected]>
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That's not actually true.? Silly Putty was originally developed in 1943
by a researcher at general Electric named James Wright who was trying to
make synthetic rubber.? It didn't work, though, and eventually became
the children's toy we all loved.
Silly Putty WAS very briefly marketed for cleaning wall paper, but it
didn't work for that either.
You may be thinking of Play-Doh, which indeed was originally developed
as a wallpaper cleaner sometime in the previous decade.
In any case, this gel is actually a gel and having had experience with
all three I can truthfully say that this gel doesn't act at all like
either Silly Putty or Play-Doh.? It's flexible, very gooey, and slightly
moist ... but doesn't seem to stick to anything except dust, including
your skin.
Dave?? AB7E
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> Just a thought, it sounds like Silly Putty. Silly Putty was
> originally developed as wall paper cleaner
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