Inspired by stands I've seen for other tabletop electronics, here's a stand tailored specifically for the official (tr)uSDX QRP Transceiver housing!
- You will need to print two of these, one for each side of the radio!
- This has only been tested with the original housing linked above. That should be the same housing your radio will have if you purchased it fully assembled.
- Will not fit radios which have a battery pack attached to the back. If there is enough interest, I may make a remix to support that.
- It is recommended to use PETG or a similarly strong material, especially if you are planning to take it outside for a POTA/SOTA activation. PLA will not stand up as well to the elements.
- The brackets should slide right onto the radio, over the machine screw heads, narrowly avoiding any buttons.
- I recommend sliding the brackets on with the bump-out facing the left side of the radio for optimal stability and viewing angle. That said, either direction will work, you'd just want them lined up the same way since each side of the bracket has a different angle.
- It should be fairly tabletop-stable as is, but if needed, a standard pencil should fit right through one of the hexagonal shapes on the brackets to give you a bit more stability.
- I've included an optional “pencil” stabilizer model as well which is sized appropriately for optimal bracket placement. The tolerances on this are very tight so you may need to tweak it depending on your printer.
- Print with 20% infill, no supports.
P.S. If you like the stealth radio face in the photo for this model, it is a remix I created for the official housing.
Enjoy and 73s!
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The author remixed this model.
Differences of the remix compared to the original
A source of inspiration, really. I re-created the model from scratch and modified dimensions extensively to fit the dimensions of a (tr)uSDX