The cheapest outdoor boxes I find that are quick opening are the ones sold as "60 amp AC Disconnects". These are the boxes that go on the wall out at your AC or heatpump.
Get the one without fuses and you get the box and 60 amp pullout switch for only $7 or so. I use lots of them (on my solar and other high power stuff) where I use them for the required Solar Disconnect, for series parallel switching of the arrays from 500v to 250v so I can use the DC power directly during grid outages, or for A/B switching to my backup generator, etc. They are Dual pole switches and 60 amps! For $7 with box.
For the generator switching I pull the guts out of one and add it inside another one so that it becomes a DPDT transfer switch by moving the pullout from one slot to the other.
Removing one screw and all the disconnect swtich stuff falls out and leaves a clean box. Not bad for outdoor WX enclosure for $7.
But MAYBE NOT FOR A MAST where rain can be blowing up from any direction besides DOWN. Then maybe some rain can blow in the cracks?
Bob, WB4APR
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB jim@k6ccc.org Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Waterproof mast mounted preamp enclosure?
I'm using a 8x8x4 outdoor electrical box with the two preamps stacked on top of each other. Photo on this page: [ http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/Photo/Pics/SatAnt2.html ]( http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/Photo/Pics/SatAnt2.html )
-----Original Message----- From: "hdskullfire2 ." hdskullfire2@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 07:11 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Waterproof mast mounted preamp enclosure?
Looking to move my two mast mounted preamps into an enclosure. Who knows of a good mast mounted waterproof enclosure that will handle 2 Advanced Recv'r 160 Watt Mast Mounted Amateur Preamp's inside? The preamps are 5" wide and 2-1/2 deep. I could stack them on top of each other or side by side. Let me know if the suggested enclosure will have the hardware to mount to the mast. Provide me with links to the items.