[Elecraft] AA NiMh inside K2

[Phil Wheeler]

The 10 AA "brick" I use is an old 10 cell holder purchased many years 
ago for use with an Icom 02AT two-meter HT.  I just had to add a power cord.

I don't know of any off-the-shelf solutions available today  Of coure 
you could build your own with two 4-cell holders and one 2-cell holder 
and some appropriate box.  Ease of cell removal would be important if 
you charge the cells in a 4-cell charger.  Or you could use a Maha C-777 
and charge them en masse inside the case (I have a C-777Plus, but prefer 
the former approach).

73, Phil

Sandy W5TVW wrote:

>Does any manufacturer of battery holder make a 10 cell one for "AA"'s?  Or even two 5
>cell ones!  Or possibly does anyone make a 10 cell battery box?  An all plastic one
>with a
>sliding lid would be nice!
>73,
>Sandy W5TVW
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Phil Wheeler" <w7ox@socal.rr.com>
>To: "Alan WB6ZQZ" <WB6ZQZ@ARRL.net>
>Cc: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 11:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] AA NiMh inside K2
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>| Alan WB6ZQZ wrote:
>|
>| > I'm considering installing 10 each 2200 mah AA NiMh batteries into my
>| > K2 (instead of an SLA internal battery). I wonder if anyone else has
>| > done this, and how well it worked. I would expect good performance on
>| > reception and low power transmitting, but perhaps some difficulty on
>| > higher power (10 watt) operations. Any experience??
>|
>|
>| I use an external 10-cell AA NiMH pack with my K1 at 5 watts with good
>| success.  Current cells are 1600 mAh (I've had them for four or so
>| years) but the 2200 mAh replacements are on order.
>  
>