[Elecraft] KX3 battery upgrade?

[Tim Tucker]

I'd be up for that. The KX3 is my favorite radio.  After I got the KX2 and
started enjoying its internal Li-ion battery pack, I realized that the
KX3's internal NiMH battery charger is its worst feature.  I too never use
it anymore and have just switched to a small, external LifePO4 pack.

Tim

On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 2:47 PM Steve KC6ZKT <kc6zkt at effable.com> wrote:

> The KX3 is my favorite of my HF radios right now. But one of my
> annoyances is the internal battery limitations.
>
> I always wind up carrying an external 6_Ah or 10_Ah LiFePo4 battery into
> the field when I use this radio, an external charge controller, and
> solar panel. It's not a big problem, but it also should not be a big
> project to improve this situation. The KXBC3 has enough real estate to
> include a lithium battery charger, and even a solar charge controller in
> its space. The amount of battery energy that could fit in-place of the
> NiMH cells could approximately triple the capacity of the AA cells.
>
> So I have these questions:
>
> 1) How many of you out there might buy an upgrade which replaces the
> KXBC3 board with a lithium battery manager, and a associated battery pack?
>
> 2) Are there any 3rd parties already making anything like this?
>
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