[Elecraft] K2 # 2537 now exclusively solar-powered

[BobDobson@aol.com]

Yeah, this is just a chest-beating "lookie here what I did" post.
It contains virtually no technical information; I'm just dancing
the Snoopy dance now that my K2 can run independently of 
the power mains now.

Thanks to the $30 "DolfinDon" solar charge controller from
KD5NDB, I just set a BP Solar SX-20 and a little Concorde
PVX-340T AGM battery.  It works great!  The only change I 
made to Don's basic design was to substitute a Radio Shack 
5mm blue LED (part # 276-316) for the LED he supplies.  It's
really, really bright, so there'll be no doubt as to when the
battery is charging.  The controller, as Don claims, produces
no RFI that I am able to detect, and costs one helluva lot
less than most of the other controllers out there.  Plus, you
get to build it.  More Mojo!

Field Day is going to be extra fun this year, I think...

73,

Bob  WA4FOM



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