Realized I’ve made reference to the HIGH practicality of a Radio Transport Case, but not as a thread topic.
This morning I’m moving radio-related gear in and out of the Peterbilt. (Changes to existing).
This comprises five (5) dedicated cases for which my cost was around $165 before tax. All are of the Harbor Freight Apache series in three (3) sizes.
The gear within (as these are dedicated carriers ) is in excess of $1,600.
Some are leaving the Pete, and some are entering for this outbound trip. There’s still a few hundred dollars more in coax, antennas, power cabling, a breeding colony of ferrites, and microphones.
Let’s run it up to the miscellaneous I can pack with what’s already in these cases and I’m touching on $2,000.
Rugged, water-resistant, dust & shock-proof dedicated transport cases
at roughly 10% of the replacement value of the gear.
I’m making the argument for ALL gear. The radio is obvious.
The large case below has no radio, just a pair of speakers and a microphone. Nothing fancy. But it’s still over $200. (The smaller case has the 885 Uniden, thus another $400). The big case (4800) is also going to be the new home of the little Uniden scanner I recently bought. That’s another $125).
$700 in gear, just these two cases.
Pick/Pluck foam interior can be re-furnished with new sheets to accommodate a new configuration. (Online retail supplier).
— Are you thinking of shipping valuable gear somewhere? The case can be shipped in an overpack with styrofoam peanuts.
— Wanted a Radio-To-Go Case, but hadn’t figured out yet how to build an EMCOMM box?
— Making a gift of “Radio” to someone less-than-enthused (but whom you desire they have gear ready-to-use), well, it’s more likely that radio gear will stay together in best shape than otherwise.
There are other case brands, more expensive and likely better built more suited to airline handling and the like.THIS something sure beats nothing till you get one of those.
What’s “nothing”? Original packing box. A cosmetics case. A backpack with a tee shirt for padding. Please don’t.
I move gear around on a regular basis. I’ve had radios suffer the worst temps and roads in North America running like champs for tens of thousands of miles . . till it was time to move them 30-feet.
I realize that for many Radio is mainly entertainment.
Licensure or not.
But what is a barber without his shears?
Soldier without rifle?
Mechanic without toolbox?
These are a ONE time insurance payment per item/items of radio gear.
The Workman is worthy of his tools.
It isn’t by chance you weren’t a stamp collector . . instead, you were equipped up to some level to handle both the practical and the theoretical of long-distance communication. Across town, or planet-wide.
“Keep her oiled and ready, boys” (those days are here).
This morning I’m moving radio-related gear in and out of the Peterbilt. (Changes to existing).
This comprises five (5) dedicated cases for which my cost was around $165 before tax. All are of the Harbor Freight Apache series in three (3) sizes.
The gear within (as these are dedicated carriers ) is in excess of $1,600.
Some are leaving the Pete, and some are entering for this outbound trip. There’s still a few hundred dollars more in coax, antennas, power cabling, a breeding colony of ferrites, and microphones.
Let’s run it up to the miscellaneous I can pack with what’s already in these cases and I’m touching on $2,000.
Rugged, water-resistant, dust & shock-proof dedicated transport cases
at roughly 10% of the replacement value of the gear.
I’m making the argument for ALL gear. The radio is obvious.
The large case below has no radio, just a pair of speakers and a microphone. Nothing fancy. But it’s still over $200. (The smaller case has the 885 Uniden, thus another $400). The big case (4800) is also going to be the new home of the little Uniden scanner I recently bought. That’s another $125).
$700 in gear, just these two cases.
Pick/Pluck foam interior can be re-furnished with new sheets to accommodate a new configuration. (Online retail supplier).
— Are you thinking of shipping valuable gear somewhere? The case can be shipped in an overpack with styrofoam peanuts.
— Wanted a Radio-To-Go Case, but hadn’t figured out yet how to build an EMCOMM box?
— Making a gift of “Radio” to someone less-than-enthused (but whom you desire they have gear ready-to-use), well, it’s more likely that radio gear will stay together in best shape than otherwise.
There are other case brands, more expensive and likely better built more suited to airline handling and the like.THIS something sure beats nothing till you get one of those.
What’s “nothing”? Original packing box. A cosmetics case. A backpack with a tee shirt for padding. Please don’t.
I move gear around on a regular basis. I’ve had radios suffer the worst temps and roads in North America running like champs for tens of thousands of miles . . till it was time to move them 30-feet.
I realize that for many Radio is mainly entertainment.
Licensure or not.
But what is a barber without his shears?
Soldier without rifle?
Mechanic without toolbox?
These are a ONE time insurance payment per item/items of radio gear.
The Workman is worthy of his tools.
It isn’t by chance you weren’t a stamp collector . . instead, you were equipped up to some level to handle both the practical and the theoretical of long-distance communication. Across town, or planet-wide.
“Keep her oiled and ready, boys” (those days are here).
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