Get the SideKX replacement endplates and matching cover. It is an awesome upgrade and very easy to install. I bought mine from Scott (AK6Q) at the Elecraft booth at Pacificon last year.
http://gemsproducts.com/index.html wunder K6WRU On Jul 12, 2014, at 10:17 AM, hb9brj <hb9...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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-received-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 wun...@wunderwood.org -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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
