I am anticipating a very long distance backpacking trip this Spring (AT, Georgia to Maine) and am looking for real world info on operating times at the 5-watt level with internal 2500mAh AA's or other lightweight battery pack. I should be able to recharge completely via AC every week or so, with a small solar pack providing partial charges in between.
Assuming 1 hour operating at 20 percent XMIT and 80 percent RX(set for minimum current draw) per day, how much operating time do you think is possible? Mode would be primarily SSB with some PSK31 via Android phone thrown in for grins. Please no in-depth calculations or wild guesses--if you have operated via internal or small, lightweight external batteries, how much time at what power levels have you been able to operate before rig shuts down? Many thanks, Steve ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
