[Elecraft] Carrying The KX1 With Batteries Installed

[n0so at charter.net]

Greetings List,

I'm about to depart for a week long backpacking trip with my new KX1 and was wondering: If you backpack with a KX1 and power it with internal batteries, do yo remove the internal batteries when not in use, or do you just package the rig  up so that  the front panel switches cannot be activated?

Mine is packaged up in a Pelican case with extra padding added to keep the rig from bouncing around inside.  I have all batteries installed except one. There is a space carved out in the extra foam to store that single AA battery when the rig is not in use. lt will be reinstalled  when I'm  ready to power the rig, then removed again when I'm done to avoid draining the batteries or creating a fire hazard should the unit develop a short circuit somewhere. Am I being too cautious?

Thanks, and listen for me from the Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico this Sunday thru Thursday on 20 or 40 meters. I'll try and operate in the late afternoon and evenings MDT after we make camp (unless the OM/OP is just too tired from the hike).

73 de Mike, N0SO