Little project for a cheap Luitton/TYT/Leixin 10w radio. Not putting a battery in it, just 12v power plug. Pocket is for mic and cabling, and a roll up J-pole. Just another fun use for my CNC..
Pics forthcoming after hardware gets here.
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Little project for a cheap Luitton/TYT/Leixin 10w radio. Not putting a battery in it, just 12v power plug. Pocket is for mic and cabling, and a roll up J-pole. Just another fun use for my CNC..
Pics forthcoming after hardware gets here.
Plenty of room for a nice SLA/AGM battery, if I make the gear pocket smaller, and I'd integrate a small charger pigtail for solar or trickle maintainer. May start listing on ebay if it turns out
May I suggest if you haven't thought about it yet, adding "feet" to the side of the can that would be the bottom when laid on a table. Also a laminated sheet of used frequently frequencies added to the inside of the cover. The project is looking pretty good so far!
Rubber feet are on my shopping list for today. In another life, I did all the electrical/electronic installs for a .Gov contract boat manufacturer. It's been a fun little project.
And my group's rolling frequency matrix is already laminated.
Couldn't get this radio to Program correctly with chirp, but manual is pretty simple. Going forward, all the inner parts will be 1/4" abs.
Most excellent project, congrats.
Proof of concept one is up and running. a very simple setup. next two will be more like a production piece. all ABS for the internal structure, onboard power, voltmeter, etc.
cool, but ugly. so I printed a quickie bezel for it.
have all the materials to build 4 of the unpowered ones, or 2 standalone, 2 unpowered. more pics to come. Well, as soon as radios get here. One is spoken for already.
First production-quality shell is done. ****edit**Picture sucks*** This one will require external power, but the tradeoff is a nice big pocket for gear and a roll-up J-pole. Waiting for the pocket to finish printing so I can fuse it to the fascia.
The final prototype for the self-powered version. Pocket get smaller to allow for the SLA battery inside. But still holds all the power cabling (for when external power is available), mic, notepad etc. Anybody wanna guess where it is headed? Gonna get a torture test and review.
Will be assembling this one tonight, and listing it for sale. Gonna let the market value be set by the market :)
this one might get one more re-work. i think I can fit 2 x5ah batteries in parallel in one end of it, and then have the room for a large enough pocket for a Jpole and external power cabling. back to CAD..
I am interested in learning more as you progress,
new to ham radio, and like the concept
I Love it!
I have something similar in mind using a pelican hard case. I had a portable solar battery backup mounted in it with meters and plugs on the front. I should post a pic..
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