When I was at Dayton last spring, I bought a plastic cover that fitted snuggely on the KXE (snapped into place). Along with the cover came two sides both right and left side. The label on the plastic cover was "Side KX". These people had a booth opposite the Elecraft booth and they also assisted Elecraft is talking about KX3. I also bought the heatsink add on that really keeps the transmit transistors cool even at 12 watts SSB with a continuous tone. The heat sink makes the KX3 like a very small Alpha thinking "brick on a key" situation
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of hb9brj Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 17:17 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Ultimate compact KX3 carrying case received -- perfect match for radio & accessories! The "Think Tank Strobe Stuff" is a perfect case for the KX3. However when you put it in a backpack with other items, there is a risk your KX3 will accidentally be switched on by external pressure on the respective switches. I'm trying to prevent this by carefully packing my backpack. Recently, when taking the KX3 out of its case on a summit two hours after leaving home, everything seemed normal. The KX3 was off. When I switched it on I was suprised about the low battery voltage reading because the 8 internal AA eneloop NiMH cells were fully charged in an external charger just a few days earlier and took about 2.2Ah each. The big surprise however came when I wanted to tune my antenna: The display went dead and the KX3 switched itself off. Back at home I confirmed that the NiMH cells were completely discharged and that the KX3 is drawing around 60uA when switched off, which is OK. I prefer not to imagine in detail what might have happened inside my backpack during my two-hour hike, but definitely the 2.2Ah were converted into heat! Fortunately my KX3 seems to have suffered no damage. Has anyone out there found an easy solution to protect the KX3 from being switched on when carried around in a soft case? Markus HB9BRJ -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Ultimate-compact-KX3-carrying-case-rece ived-perfect-match-for-radio-accessories-tp7557886p7591118.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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w...@jetbroadband.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
