[Elecraft] Re: K2 Solar Charging???

[Carter Craigie N3AO]

Hi Ron,
Sure!
My solar panel is a Model MSX10L, made by a company called Solarex.
The panel is stiff, metal-backed, and its size is 10.5" X 17.5."
It is supposed to put out 7.2 watts at 480 mA.
I use a Sunlight Energy Systems charge controller on the wires between the
panel and the K2. On the rig side of the wires leading from the charge
controller is an RCA male plug.
On the K2 I placed an RCA-type female socket in one of the holes provided
for the XVTR (since I won't be building the XVTR circuit).
I ran black and red wires directly to the minus and plus terminals of the
internal K2 battery.
I put the solar panel on the top of my tent's rain fly in the morning,
connected to the K2. When I return from hiking the SLA in the K2 is all
charged up for an evening's operation!
Pretty simple and straightforward...
Hope this helps, and thanks for asking!

73,

Carter Craigie N3AO
EPA QRP Nr. 13
K2 Nr. 678
K1 Nr. 159

Subject: K2 Solar Charging???


> Saw your post and womdered if you could share how
> you are charging the battery for the K2 with a Solar Panel.
>
> Ron - N1ZSW



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