[Elecraft] KX3 Battery Life

[Dominic Baines]

Matt,

Excellent hint.

You'll find you will NOT need one of the after market or Elecraft 
heatsinks either unless already operating in 40'C.

72

Dom
M1KTA

On 02/03/15 19:53, Matt Maguire wrote:
> If you use SSB, and power consumption is a concern, you’re better off running at 3W, since a more efficient output transformer winding is selected, reducing transmit current consumption.  For CW, you can run up to 5W in this power-saving mode. You can tell if the hi-Z winding is selected looking at the displayed power setting and checking for a dot “.” after the “W”.
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> 73 de Matt VK2RQ
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> On 3 March 2015 at 4:55:53 am, David Ahrendts (davidahrendts at me.com) wrote:
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> A quickie: wanna take it on a hike. Got my wire. Got the ATU. Charging up the batteries. Operating SSB QRP @ 5 watts (maybe less), how long would you expect the batteries to last? Operating CW same?
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> David A., KC0XT
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> David Ahrendts davidahrendts at me.com
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