[Elecraft] K2 on 160m with battery power?

[Dave Johnson]

Thanks for the reply Pierre

My K2 draws around 2 Amps for 10 Watts into a 50 Ohm dummy load on 160 m,
provided the supply is more than 13 volts. When on battery power the
situation is pretty hopeless as far as portable operation on 160 m is
concerned. My Hi Cur setting is 2.5 Amps and should be sufficient for most
purposes, especially when running from the internal battery.

73's Dave, G4AON

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Fillinger" <Pierre.Fillinger@laposte.net>
To: "Dave Johnson" <dave@astromag.co.uk>; <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 on 160m with battery power?


> Hello,
>
> My K2 is drawing a lot of current, on 160 W. I cannot go above 3 W, and it
> draws 3 Amps, on a 50 ohms dummy load.
> This is not changing, if I connect it to a battery, or to an external
power
> supply, even at 15.0 Volts. In addition, I can see that the Volts, on the
> display, are  wandering around, despite the stability of the power supply
> itself.
> N6WG suggested that the Low Pass Filter is not set where it should,
> therefore the low power. (BTW, thanks for the suggestion !)
> It can make sense. However, I had no time to check the LPF, with the
antenna
> analyzer.
>
> Regards, Pierre
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Johnson" <dave@astromag.co.uk>
> To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:06 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K2 on 160m with battery power?
>
>
> > I've searched the earlier posts without seeing a satisfactory reason why
> the
> > K2 draws so much current on 160m
> > 73's Dave, G4AON
>
>
>