[Elecraft] Field Day experience with K3

[Don Wilhelm]

Or if the connections to the battery are not tight - and that is what I 
suspect based on the symptoms..

If the voltage was dropping below 11 volts, it would indicate either a 
high resistance connection to the battery or a defective battery.

The Ten-Tec may have kept on operating, but that is not necessarily a 
benefit if it created a high IMD situation.

100 watts on a battery supply will not last forever - our FD solar 
charged battery operation lasted only 1 hour at the 100 watt level.

73,
Don W3FPR.
On 6/29/2012 12:06 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> A battery booster doesn't do much good very long if you're drawing more
> current from the battery than your solar cell is putting into it like
> WO1S was.  A dead battery just gets deader quicker.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
> On 6/28/2012 2:54 PM, Matthew Zilmer wrote:
>> You might want to get a battery booster.  Here is one http://stores.tgelectronics.org/Detail.bok?no=10.
>>
>> I can recommend that one.  Had one for a couple years and use it to boost to 14.5VDC from whatever voltage any time of day from a solar-charged battery.  I think my K3 likes that 14.5V!
>>
>> Matt Zilmer
>> Consultant - Product Management Dept.
>> Magellan Navigation / MiTAC Digital Corp.
>> Tel: (909) 394-6052
>> Cell: (909) 730-6552
>> Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere
>>
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