[Elecraft] Field Day Battery Capacity

Mon Apr 28 17:38:03 2003

That would depend on how much power output you're running from your K-2,
Daniel.

5 watts?  15 watts?  20 watts?   What kind of transmit-to-receive duty cycle
are you planning to use?

In my opinion, you can never have TOO MUCH battery power on hand!

Karl K - W8TIF
McKinney, Texas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Reynolds" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 3:13 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day Battery Capacity

> Just a quick question - from previous experience of most K2 Field Day
ops...
> how much battery is enough for the entire Field Day?
>
> Would one of those portable WalMart 'jumpstart' portable batteries have
enough
> capacity?
>
> Also ... what do you figure is your duty cycle (Trans/Rcv) for CW during
Field
> Day?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel