[Elecraft] [KX3]KXBC3 upgrade?

[Erlend Grimseid]

Make that an 2p4s battery pack and it would be on my shopping list. I have
made an pack of 2x4 lifepo4 aa cells, external of course. I have used it to
activate 2 sota on the same day with power to spare.....

73
La4tta
Erlend
8. mai 2016 4:32 p.m. skrev "Kevin Stover" <kevin.stover at mediacombb.net>:

> Is there any possibility that the KXBC3 will be upgraded to work with
> LiFePO4 AA cells.
> If I'm not mistaken the LiFePO4 cells are 3.2V so you could cut the number
> of cells in half and free up some space in the radio for other "stuff" also
> increasing available stand alone battery voltage to 12.8V give or take.
>
> LiFePO4 cells aren't bleeding edge battery tech and are much safer than Li
> polymer. They are in everything. A 50% increase in energy density 120 wh/kg
> vs 80 wh/kg for NiMH is hard to ignore.
>
> Thoughts?
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