Don, Agree wholeheartedly, when home I connect up to a Rigrunner hanging downstream off a 35A power supply.
I was looking for something small (portable) to toss in a travel bag when on vacation. Tom On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I recommend a power supply with a current rating of 6 amps or greater for > the KX3 (and K2/10 or any other Elecraft legacy gear). > My reason is that you likely have accessories in the shack that need to be > powered. > Using a power supply that is only marginal for the transceiver is false > economy IMHO. > If you have a 20 or 30 amp power supply available, use it. There is no > sense in having a marginal power supply just because the transceiver only > draws 2.1 amps at 10 watts. > > This advice is for home stations, for portable operation the answer will > be different and depend on the operating aspirations. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/5/2016 10:38 PM, Tom Crayner wrote: > >> Anyone happen to know power consumption of the KX3 when running at the >> relatively new 15W RF output setting? >> >> I had read a while back that it was around ~2.1A at 10W. Looking at tiny >> power supply options and don't want to underrate. >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 tcray...@gmail.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
