[Elecraft] Operating KX3/KXPA100 on LiPO3 batteries??

[Phil Hystad]

Actually, I see that Bioenne Power supplies a charger along with the 20Ah battery.


> On Jul 25, 2018, at 11:12 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Thanks to you and the others who replied with useful information.  I will probably get 
> one of the batteries, probably buy the Bioenne charger too.
> 
> 73, phil
> 
>> On Jul 25, 2018, at 11:03 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 7/25/2018 9:38 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote:
>>> Has anyone operated a KX3 with the 100-watt KXPA100 using LiPO3 (or other Li chemistry) batteries.  If so, what was the battery brand, number of cells or AH rating, and performance and at what power levels.
>> 
>> Yes, we ran that combo while activating grids CM86 and CM79 using the 20Ah Bioenne Power LiFePO4 batteries. I own one, W6JTI owns two. One of them got us through about 6 hours at CM79 running MSK144 and FT8, using the strategy of not calling CQ. Instead, I was nearby acting as pilot to Ping Jockey and the cluster system.
>> 
>> For nearly two years, I've been using a 100Ah Bioenne battery to run a pair of K3s for SO2R. Bionenne caters to the ham market, and is good to deal with.
>> 
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>> 
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