[Elecraft] k1 advice

Sun Feb 3 22:18:01 2002

Since my power supply died a tragic death 5 or 6 years ago, I've been using
a deep cycle marine battery to power all of my radio needs.  My original one
was ancient when I got it for free and it worked great until a couple months
ago, and I bit the bullet and replaced it with a new one.  Up until recently
my main radio was a TS-130s, but now it's my backup and my new K1 is my
primary.  Let me tell you, with the K1, I only need to hook up the charger
about once in a blue moon.  I'm thinking now about hooking up a solar panel
and letting that trickle-charge the battery, and I'll probably never need to
get my charger out again.

Not very portable  (unless you're Paul Bunyan), but for the dorm?  Maybe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John J. McDonough
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:01 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] k1 advice
>
>
> Keep in mind that the K1 will run off a fairly low voltage, especially if
> you turn the power down.  I have an assortment of external
> batteries I use,
> depending on the situation.  Probably the most flexible, and maybe pretty
> good for the dorm room, is a large gel-cell of the sort sold in
> the camping
> section of Wal-Mart or Target.  Mine is 7Ah, which is maybe a little
> overkill, but I've seen 2 Ah ones that are real cute. The 7 Ah if fine for
> QRPTTF and the like, but I'd hate to backpack it anywhere.  But
> it will run
> the K1 for a heck of a long time on one charge.
>
> 72/73 de WB8RCR    http://www.qsl.net/wb8rcr
> didileydadidah     QRP-L #1446 Code Warriors #35
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ramiro Montemayor" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 7:08 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] k1 advice
>
>
> >
> > Howdy! I will soon be a K1/MP-1 combo owner(order is in the mail). This
> will primarily be a portable setup since I live in a restricted
> place and go
> away from home to college every 9 months which is even more
> restrictive. Ive
> also ordered the internal battery kit for that reason.
> >
> > On occasion i will be able to operate the radio indoors with an outside
> antenna(school club). What is a decent power supply for the rig.Ive read
> most of the archives but they mainly deal with the K2.  Can i power it up
> using a 12V 1A wallwart from Jameco/RS/electronic store? What are other
> solutions? Anyone know of any other batteries that fit in the internal
> holder other than RadioShack? I heard some Mahas do but Elecraft
> posts read
> some dont.
> >
> > Ramiro E. Montemayor
> > KD5MMJ
> >
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