Right! The flexibility is good, and I have quite a
few Eneloops on hand.
Yes, $10 is a bit pricy, David. Those are not
exactly what I bought; I just searched Amazon for
a link with an image; bought mine in a local
store. The 8-cell version is more common, but ten
is a better choice for our rigs!
73, Phil W7OX
On 7/11/14, 2:39 PM, David Cutter wrote:
..and you can buy AA cells anywhere in the
world. I run my KX1 that way.
BTW that's a very expensive battery holder. I
bought a couple of these in the UK - not
normally known for cheaper prices:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10-aa-battery-box-rk45y
73
David
G3UNA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil
Wheeler" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Elecraft Reflector"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:04 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] My KX3 Battery Approach
While I have a 5 Amp-hr Lithium Ion battery and
use it, and also high-capacity Eneloops inside
my KX3 (with the battery charger option) my
preferred approach is to use ten external
Eneloops in a battery holder made to hold ten
AA cells, this sort of thing:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZTUI7Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
That way I have no power limitations, it's easy
to recharge the batteries (I have two Maha
chargers, one 4 cell and one 8 cell, so I
always have the ten needed spares available).
Works good with a number of rigs (K1, KX1, etc.)
While the capacity is only 2 A-h or so (vs. 5
or higher with some of the newer, more exotic
batteries out there) this works for me -- and
the cells can be used for other things like a
camera flash gun. And easy to change out the
cells to fresh ones.
Phil W7OX
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