Martin, Batteries ARE a power supply.
Be safe - particularly when doing testing with a battery supply - they can produce very large currents (even though only for a short time). I recommend ALWAYS putting a fuse near the battery terminal of any battery - even small batteries can produce a very large current if accidentally short circuited, and molten metal can be the result - think: 'If what the object that contacts the battery wire happens to be the watch or the ring I am wearing ...' - well you can guess 'the rest of the story'. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Really dumb question. > > I don't have a power supply unit but the alignment & > test > instructions state: > > Connect an 8 to 14 VDC power supply to J1 with the > positive (+) lead to the center pin. > > Do you think I can just put 6 AA cells into the > supplied battery holders in series to generate 9V, > and use that in the alignment phases? > _______________________________________________ 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
