You can view the battery voltage using DISP, then dialing to the BT entry with VFO B.
Your power supply voltage may be set too low to use for charging the internal battery pack. If you could raise this voltage to 13.0V or higher, you wouldn't see the warning when trying to charge. 4.5A at 12V is plenty to run your KX3, but that voltage isn't high enough to allow the charging circuit to operate. Just raise the PS output voltage if possible. With that supply, you will be able to charge at the same time as operating the KX3 in any mode. See the owner's manual section, "KXBC3 Internal NiMH Charger" on p24. 73, matt W6NIA =-= On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:37:43 -0400, you wrote: >is there a way to add a option under the firmware to show what the >current batt charge status is ? >so you know if you need to charge or not. > >also I have a 12v 4.58 amp power supply I am using and I get a lower >supply warning when I try to >charge the batt with the radio in standby mode .... > >should 4.58 amp 12v not be enough to charge ? I use the supply to run >the radio and get no issue >sexecpt when I put it in batt charge mode... >______________________________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
