Johnny Siu wrote:
>
> Upon replacing the Lead acid battery in the KBT2 with Li-Po cells, the K2
> is now very light weight and can be operated for loooong time. It is the
> greatest portable rig when compared with the others.
>
I liked the lead acid battery because it made the K2 feel solid and not move
about on the desk, when it was my main rig. Now I have the K3, it is really
only a portable and backup rig, so perhaps Li-Pos would be a better option.
But I don't know what to do about charging. I made a PSU for my 10W K2 in an
EC2 case, and adjusted it to deliver 14.2V output, and it has done a good
job of keeping the gel-cell battery charged all these years. Presumably
Li-Pos would need a more complicated arrangement.
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Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222.
* G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com
* KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html
* KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html
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