[Elecraft] Re: 14.9v to KX1

[ab4cz at comcast.net]

You get lousy regulation that way.  Why not just add a little regulator?

jim
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Douglas Fagan" <defagan at charter.net>
> I found the same on several of the higher current wall
> warts I wanted to use on my KX1.  To drop the
> voltage to something I considered acceptable I put 
> a few silicon diodes in series with the wall wart supply.
> Each diode drops the voltage about .7 volts.  Has
> worked ok for me. 
> de Doug, KJ4X
> 
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