[Elecraft] KX3 Batttery life question..

[Wayne Burdick]

We were thinking along the lines of 200-500 mW for the "micro  
transverter", if it's even possible. The regular transverter option  
could be as high as 5 W. We'll see.

Wayne
N6KR


On Aug 26, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote:

> Hi Wayne,
>
> please don't sacrifice performance. The internal 2 m transverter  
> should at
> least have 5 watts output to be useful for normal 2 m applications,  
> 10 W
> would be even better but I'm not sure this is doable with the space  
> limits.
> ;-))
>
> A very low power 2 m transverter (10 mW?) is probably not of much  
> use to
> those who need the transverter for 2 m portable ops (which is very  
> popular
> in Europe btw.) and these might be the majority of guys wanting the  
> internal
> transverter. Yes, there are those guys wanting to use it as a  
> microwave I/F
> radio (me too) which makes perfect sense but especially in this use- 
> case the
> antenna-tuner für HF is usually not needed ;-)). So therefor I would  
> rather
> prefer a top notch "normal" transverter with 5 or 10 W (and the  
> possibility
> to set power as low as 1 or 10 mW for transverter use) and use a T1
> externally if I ever needed an antenna matching unit in parallel  
> with the
> internal transverter.
>
> If you'll provide both an internal "high power" 2 m transverter  
> module *and*
> (alternatively) an internal ATU with 2 m "low power" included I will  
> be a
> happy camper but can still imagine there are folks who don't want to  
> pay for
> the "low power" 2 m part in the ATU so you would need a 3rd option  
> being
> just the tuner without transverter. Not sure that is a good business  
> choice
> but that is up to you, of course. ;-)) Just wondering if it is worth  
> all the
> efforts and time investments.
>
> But I guess you can never please all at once. ;-)) Anyway, good luck  
> and
> have fun with the designing tasks.
>
> 73, Olli - DH8BQA - Elecraft K3 #4546 w/ K144XV
>
>
>
>> As I mentioned awhile back, the internal 2-meter option and the
>> internal ATU are probably going to be mutually-exclusive. You could
>> always use an Elecraft T1 miniature wide-range ATU if you needed both
>> at the same time.
>>
>> That said, we're going to experiment with a very low-power-output 2-m
>> transverter that might be small enough to include with the internal
>> ATU. No guarantees.
>
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