[hpsdr] punched metal backplate for Pandora

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Roger, a single cover panel should be practical.
For maximum flexibility (i.e., so the most people can use it), you'll 
need to decide whether to support Janus, and you'll almost certainly 
want to support Excalibur.

You're right to be concerned about the board placement; while that is 
getting less critical with new firmware, you should check with the guys 
who've been working on that before finalizing anything.

If you come up with the template, it's possible TAPR could look into 
manufacture; I'll certainly be willing to bring it up to the Board for 
discussion.

And, I'll take two!

73,
John
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Roger Rehr said the following on 07/01/2009 08:05 PM:
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> Hi All,
> 
> Unfortunately my ham shack is in the country on the edge of the forest, 
> and its impossible to keep mice out of it.  I have had equipment damage 
> by mice in past years at this location, so that everything I use is 
> 'mouse proofed' or locked away after use.  See 
> http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz/mouse-ft1000.htm if interested in proof.
> 
> I very much like the Pandora enclosure and my Atlas/Mercury/OzyPenelope 
> HPSDRs.
> 
> But Pandora is not mouse proof, and I really do not want mice doing 
> their mischief in my HPSDR enclosures.
> 
> So I ask, would it be possible to design and have built a punched metal 
> backplate to attach to the back of Pandora shaped to seal Pandora 
> effectively with the above-mentioned boards in place?
> 
> If it were possible to do so, I would like to proceed with moving this 
> little project forward, as I am tiring of disconnecting and putting away 
> my HPSDRs after each use and then getting them out again and 
> reconnecting them for the next use.  And I worry about the eventual 
> effect of such repeated connects and disconnects on the stereo 3.5 mm 
> connectors on Penelope and Mercury.
> 
> So I would ask, of you experts on this list:
> 
> 1.  If this can be possibly done
> 2.  What would be the preferred slot positions for Mercury/Ozy/Penelope? 
> [so that the backplate can be designed to accommodate this arrangement]
> 3.  What business concern might give a price for producing such 
> backplates and then do a good job of producing them?
> 4.  Who else on the list might be interested in having such backplates 
> [if anyone] if I were to have them produced?
> 5.  Is there anyone that would like to tackle the layout / dimensions of 
> such a backplate?  I could do it but as I have no experience in doing 
> either the careful measuring or the CAD layout this would require, I 
> suspect I'd screw it up.
> 
> The mice can get in thru some very tiny holes, so I might also need to 
> plug up the openings intended for Alex for those Pandoras that won't 
> include Alex.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Roger Rehr
> W3SZ
> http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz/osxhpsdrserver.htm
> 
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