[Elecraft] [KX3]KXBC3 upgrade?

[Nr4c]

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> On May 8, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Erlend Grimseid <egrimseid at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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