[Elecraft] KX1 and Anker LION battery

[Jim Leder (Hotmail)]

I use an Elecraft KX1 and an Anker Astro Pro2 LION battery when I go QRP in the field. The combination works very well, and allows me to run the KX1 at the full 3 watt level. However, the last two times I used this arrangement, I had the Anker battery shut down on me. It would power right back up, but , still, it was disconcerting. After finally reading about the battery and doing some in house testing, I finally figured out that the KX1 draws such little current while idling (good thing), that it fooled the battery enough that the Anker's auto shut off (also a good thing, if you are actually charging a device) kicked in. I didn't want this, so I started toying with the KX1 to see if I could make it draw enough current while idling. What I finally ended up doing was turning on the small LED light and leaving it on while operating. So far, the battery has been staying on. Not an elegant solution, but SEEMS to work. Anyone have a better idea on how to defeat the auto shutoff of this battery? I have not yet queried Anker about this, but that's next.
But, as I mentioned up front, this combination works very well and I am very pleased with the results.

     Jim Bob Buckeye 
            AKA
  **** Jim Leder****
    K8CXM since 1961
 IBM retiree since 1999
  
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