[Elecraft] Battery pack not powering K2

Frank Krozel kg9hfrank at gmail.com
Sun Nov 10 13:15:38 EST 2019


Mine is missing the battery, I was told it is a 
Powersonic PS-1229 for my K2

Is that true?

-73-  Frank    KG9H
kg9hfrank at gmail.com




> On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:22 AM, hawley, charles j jr <c-hawley at illinois.edu> wrote:
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> I had my first battery last about 5 years until it wouldn't turn on the radio. It started to leak on one corner, so I was glad to get it out of there before it got on anything. Do you measure the voltage when the K2 switch is turned on? Mine was about 3 volts when the rig was turned on, but obviously dark.
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> Chuck Hawley
> c-hawley at illinois.edu
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> Amateur Radio, KE9UW
> aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles
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> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 5:56 AM
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> Subject: [Elecraft] Battery pack not powering K2
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> Hi,
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> I hope someone can help me here. I have K2 with the internal battery kit.
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> I have used this radio with the battery for many years, but now I have a problem.
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> When I power up the radio with only the battery it is dead, no display nothing.
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> When I apply a PSU it works fine.
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> I have checked all the connections P3 (Aux) and the Int. Battery switch on the back panel is ON.
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> Anyway, nothing has changed since it last worked.
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> When I check the voltage on the battery terminals it says 10.5V. I get the same reading on the P3 connector, so power is reaching the radio, but the radio is not powering up.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Thanks
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> Robin
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> OZ6ABM/5P5R
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