[Elecraft] My KX3 Battery Approach

[Phil Wheeler]

Right! The flexibility is good, and I have quite a 
few Eneloops on hand.

Yes, $10 is a bit pricy, David. Those are not 
exactly what I bought; I just searched Amazon for 
a link with an image; bought mine in a local 
store.  The 8-cell version is more common, but ten 
is a better choice for our rigs!

73, Phil W7OX

On 7/11/14, 2:39 PM, David Cutter wrote:
> ..and you can buy AA cells anywhere in the 
> world.  I run my KX1 that way.
>
> BTW that's a very expensive battery holder.  I 
> bought a couple of these in the UK - not 
> normally known for cheaper prices: 
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10-aa-battery-box-rk45y
>
> 73
>
> David
> G3UNA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil 
> Wheeler" <w7ox at socal.rr.com>
> To: <KX3 at yahoogroups.com>; "Elecraft Reflector" 
> <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:04 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] My KX3 Battery Approach
>
>
>> While I have a 5 Amp-hr Lithium Ion battery and 
>> use it, and also high-capacity Eneloops inside 
>> my KX3 (with the battery charger option) my 
>> preferred approach is to use ten external 
>> Eneloops in a battery holder made to hold ten 
>> AA cells, this sort of thing:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZTUI7Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 
>>
>>
>> That way I have no power limitations, it's easy 
>> to recharge the batteries (I have two Maha 
>> chargers, one 4 cell and one 8 cell, so I 
>> always have the ten needed spares available). 
>> Works good with a number of rigs (K1, KX1, etc.)
>>
>> While the capacity is only 2 A-h or so (vs. 5 
>> or higher with some of the newer, more exotic 
>> batteries out there) this works for me -- and 
>> the cells can be used for other things like a 
>> camera flash gun. And easy to change out the 
>> cells to fresh ones.
>>
>> Phil W7OX 
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