> Thanks for a very nice FD transceiver! By the way, it > barely made a dent in my 75AH deep cycle battery plus small > 180 ma solar panel. At the end of the operation, my battery was > reading 12.71 Volts, which indicates nearly a full charge. Since > I was relegated to mostly S&P-ing, I probably could have used > a 7AH battery for the entire contest! > > 73, Bill W4ZV >
No kidding, Bill. For this, my first FD with the K2, I ran about 70 W. I only operated maybe five hours-- the rest of the time was spent with my 5-year-old son (his first camping trip)-- and only made 160 contacts, but I barely made a dent in a 35 A-h sealed lead acid battery. I had taken so much battery power with me, and I never needed more than this single battery. I was amazed. Now I know for next year that I may be able to use this one battery if I scale back the power a bit, and for sure if I run QRP. I usually do run QRP, and now regret that I didn't do so this year. I will next year again. Al W6LX _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
