[Elecraft] KX3 Batttery life question...

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Well, I have to say, the possibility of putting options in the battery space, making the internal battery an option, appeals to me too.
Then a good 2m transverter could go in the battery space and still be room for the ATU, might even be able to put the 100w PA in place of the battery, which seems to make sense, since the internal battery wouldn't last long with a PA
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108, KX3 #???
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On 26 Aug 2011, at 23:20, Mike Morrow wrote:

> Jessie Oberreuter wrote:
> 
>> I, too, am looking forward to having a single rig that I can use for
>> HF-2m field ops, and would end up giving up the ATU for 2m.
> 
> I could easily do without two-meter capability on the KX3.  About all I
> (rarely) use VHF or UHF for is FM mode, and I like to be able to use that
> independent of what the HF rig is doing.  In any event, I'd still need
> to carry an HT like the extremely small Yaesu VX-3R to have both two-meter,
> 70-cm, weather, and public service frequencies covered.
> 
>> I'd rather give up the internal batteries and have both 2m and an HF ATU. 
> 
> I see internal batteries in anything like a K1, KX1, or KX3 as having nothing
> but novelty value.  (I removed the KBT1 from my K1 after a year of use.)  In
> something like the unfortunate Yaesu FT-817, it's the height of foolishness.
> Any real period of operation will require at least an external 4 AH SLA battery.
> I'd be *very* happy if no internal KX3 space was wasted accomodating internal
> batteries.  Put other options in the vacated space.
> 
> Mike / KK5F
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