Hello David, I use the KX3 for SOTA. Typically about an hour of reasonably hectic (ie hi TX to RX ratio) is involved. 5W SSB. It consumes about 1/4 of the battery pack capacity. For me these are 2.4Ahr enerloop LSD cells.
Definitely no need to carry extra battery weight unless you're going to be there for a couple of days. Regards, Peter VK4JD -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Ahrendts Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2015 3:55 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Battery Life A quickie: wanna take it on a hike. Got my wire. Got the ATU. Charging up the batteries. Operating SSB QRP @ 5 watts (maybe less), how long would you expect the batteries to last? Operating CW same? David A., KC0XT David Ahrendts davidahren...@me.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to plamb...@qa.com.au ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
