My G90 Gets a PROTOTYPE Battery Box!
Executive Summary 1) I built a battery box that mounts on the G90 almost like a real manpack 2) The box is built from Kydex and aluminum angle stock. 3) The Kydex plates and the angle stock are riveted together using a cheap Harbor Freight riveting kit. 4) The box mounts to the radio using the rear handle mounting holes. 4) It works great - and looks sorta OK:) A perspective view of the radio and battery box in operation. A close-up of the box. The bottom view. And finally, a side view. A Work In Progress Most of my projects look a bit half fast (sp and sic ), as I typically just want something that works. This works. But it could look better, and I'm sure there many clever improvements that can be made. I've teed this project up as a thought experiment more than anything because the G90 really needs a battery box. Once modified for generally coverage, the G90 is about the closest thing to a military HF manpack that's affordably out there. So please send along your sugg...