[Elecraft] Portable battery options

Thu Jun 5 08:15:00 2003

Joe,

you can keep building

You dont have stop just because you dont have the front panel.

You can still plug the boards together enough to do your testing.

Then you can get on to the RF board while your waiting for a new panel
to come in.

--- Joe P <[email protected]> wrote:
> As you do the inventory, you should check to see if the mic connector
> 
> will pass completely through its hole in the front panel.  Apparently
> 
> some front panels were punched with the wrong size mic connector hole
> 
> and the shoulder on the mic jack prevents the front panel PC board
> from 
> fitting properly. Same with the external speaker jack on the rear
> panel. 
>   Make sure it fits in its hole properly.  Contact Elecraft if either
> 
> hole is too small.  I'm currently stalled waiting for a new front
> panel 
> from Elecraft.
> 
> 73
> Joe
> KB8AP
> 
> 
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Started unpacking the K2 and doing the inventory today.  This is
> going to 
> > be so, so cool!
> > 
> > Another quick question:  I'm building the rig to take with me as I
> travel 
> > abroad for several months this upcoming year.  I'd like to have
> some QRP
> > battery-portable capability to use on the fly, although I plan to
> do most 
> > of my operating at 100 watts off of the mains.  Would I be silly to
> get
> > something besides the KBT2 for this purpose?  (I'd of course have
> to swap 
> > out top panels with the KPA100.)  Weight and convenience for
> extended
> > travel are my primary considerations.  I know there are an infinite
> > number of ways that I could go about powering the rig off of
> batteries,
> > but I know little about the subject and will defer to the opinions
> of the 
> > group here.  Thanks for the help!
> > 
> > -Adam, N1KO
> > 
> > 
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Harry - AB2PN

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