[Elecraft] KX3 battery upgrade?

[stephen shearer]

Me too.

I only find the AA's useful in keeping the clock running.

steve WB3LGC

On 10/6/20 8:32 AM, w1ie at jetbroadband.com wrote:
> I would buy it.
>
> Jerry, W1IE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Steve KC6ZKT
> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 17:47 PM
> To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 battery upgrade?
>
> 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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