[Elecraft] My KX3 Battery Approach

[Phil Wheeler]

I looked there. it appears to hold 8 cells, not 
ten. Plus ships from Hong Kong, so a bit of a wait 
:-)

The 10-cell holders seem a bit hard to find. In 
fact, I'd looked and not found one -- so I was 
quite surprised to see one in my local store and 
grabbed it.  My old standby is a 10 AA holder 
which came with an old Icom 02-AT!

Phil W7OX

On 7/11/14, 4:20 PM, Jeff Herr wrote:
> look at this, free shipping!
> http://www.amazon.com/SODIAL-TM-Cells-Battery-Holder/dp/B00DFQRTT6/ref=sr_1_
> 5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1405120731&sr=1-5&keywords=10+cell+battery+holde
> r
>
> it is a good idea
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil
> Wheeler
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 14:49 PM
> To: David Cutter; KX3 at yahoogroups.com; Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My KX3 Battery Approach
>
> 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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