Interesting. I'm usually the guy saying or teaching the theoretical "read it in a paper" side and everyone else is giving me feedback about what they've actually tried. Not so this time.
Remember the guy asked me what I do... and you did cut off the last sentence that says I use this with a KX3 (after all this is the Elecraft reflector). My flex-panel at full output is 14.87V (photo-saturation), and the KX3 spec is 8-15VDC at 150ma-2A max. The panel is 60 watts to roughly 4-5 amps max... but that is waaaaay overkill for this radio, so, as I said it, works down to "almost dark" (150ma in receive). So I don't need an external battery or any external voltage regulation (the radio has its own internal charging circuit and 33uf of capacitor). These flex panels are extremely efficient (and that is something actually low in percentage). Powers the KX3 perfectly. If you have a different radio, you may need to do something different. You probably own generation 1 or 2 panels... and they are very inefficient without a lot of direct sunlight. Agreed that everyone's mileage will vary. I'd say get on 20 meters today and lets work but its dark now :). Some other time. How about from PJ4 in a few weeks...make it exciting? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- <- truncated for brevity> ______________________________________________________________ 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
