[Elecraft] Battery power problems.

[Thomas Beltran]

I ran my K2 last weekend on a battery (from my backyard – fully charged 52 Ah. Gel cell), and everyone on the net (40 meter SSB) complained that the signal was distorted and just plain sounded very bad.  One person suggested that it was the 12 volts put out by the battery, rather than the typical 13.8 volts.  I brought out my power supply and everything worked fine.  I guess it was surprising that this radio, that I understood was for portable operation wouldn’t work well on battery power.  Has anyone else experienced this or is it unique to my radio?  This is a 4000 serial number.  I have on order the W4RRY battery booster.  By comparison, my FT-857 seems unaffected by 12 volts.  Tom W6EIJ 

 


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