[SMCARA] Battery for go kit

[Daniel Metcalf]

These are very light and compact configurations. Here is a website where a
fellow ham does a comparison.
http://wb4son.com/wpblog/?p=481

also look at the weight just a little over 1kg or about 2.2lbs as opposed
to 4.7 lbs for a 12V 7ah SLA battery.




On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Tom Shelton <gl1800winger at verizon.net>wrote:

> Very interesting Dan,
>
> But at 8.4 Amp Hour most radios, even operating at low power, would have
> very limited operating time.
>
> Also, at $82, that's 10 bucks per Amp hour... Not sure how that compares
> with others, but seems a bit excessive.
>
> Tom Shelton, ND3N
>
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> On Behalf Of Daniel Metcalf
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> Subject: [SMCARA] Battery for go kit
>
> The was an operator who checked into the Sunday Night net who suggested
> using the following batteries for a go kit. I thought I would pass this
> information along. Check out the following website:
>
>
> https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__14074__ZIPPY_Flightmax_8400mAh_4
> S2P_30C_LiFePo4_Pack.html
>
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