'Curiously Strong'

摘要

The Altoids~® mint tin has become the de facto standard case for a whole host of QRP and kit projects. Its universal availability, low cost, light weight, and convenient size make it ideal for an enclosure. Circuit boards for a lot of kits and other projects are intentionally sized to fit inside. You can thank the British for their marketing genius that created both the mints and the tins, and thank them again for this kit as well! Drilling larger holes in an Altoids tin for jacks and connectors and switches can be a problem due to the very thin metal used in the tin. The Kanga FOXX-3 CW transceiver kit (Photo A) makes this process a lot easier, by requiring only four 1/8-inch holes to be drilled in the base. The Kanga FOXX-3 is a kit that has been around for about 15 years, yet still remains popular. The popularity of this kit is due to the ease in which it mounts in the Altoids tin, as well as the step-by-step method of assembly. This method prevents a lot of problems that can be hard to track down once a kit is assembled.