[Elecraft] KX3 - Switching power source while operating

[GRANT YOUNGMAN]

Seems to me the most straightforward approach would be to put a set of batteries in the KX3.  Then you can drop and restart external power without worrying about the time delay.  The radio won’t care.  Only thing you might have to do is adjust output power if you were operating above the internal battery default … 


> On Jun 28, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Terje Elde <terje at elde.net> wrote:
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>> On 28 Jun 2017, at 23:51, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Wonder if a high capacity electrolytic capacitor would hide the effect of the "power bump"?
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> If the bump is short enough, and the caps are big enough, then I don't see why not. From the perspective of the KX3, there shouldn't really be much difference with the bump then. 
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> Mostly just wondering if anything is known about the KX3s tolerance alone.
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> I suppose the safer way would be to ignore that, and just consider the duration directly against the caps, and keep the voltage sag above KX3s lower tolerance. 
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Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342