[Elecraft] Re: KX1 internal battery

[Ray Albers]

J-F, VA2VYZ, wrote,

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	Just to be sure.... May I leave my standard Alkaline AA batteries inside de
        KX1 while using external DC supply ???

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Oui! No problem. Please look at D2 and D3 in the upper right corner of the schematic - these shottky diodes (low voltage drop) are wired so that whichever supply (internal battery or external supply) has the higher volage will power the KX-1, and the lower voltage supply will be ignored. 

73
Ray K2HYD