The KX2 will put out a full 10 watts on most bands when running from 11-14 V. In real life :)
The internal battery, when fully charged, starts out at 12 V but quickly settles to around 11 V. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jun 17, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Tom Crayner <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like the batteries are possibly suspect. > > A KX3 will give out 10W down to 10V according to the firmware release > (v2.38), and although I haven't personally run my batteries down that low I > haven't seen any behavior to indicate otherwise (in other words I'm getting > 10W out, not 3 or 4W as you are seeing). Check and see if you are on that > FW release. > > On the KX2 I am set at 5W out (not the full 10W due to duty cycle of the > digital I use) and I am still getting the full 5W out with the battery pack > about half depleted (if I believe the amp hours reading). > > Tom, W2YF > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:45 AM, david perry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Im wondering what KX2 users are finding to be the output power when on >> internal battery. I ask because I am using a friends KX3 at the moment and >> whilst on external power it gives full spec, on internals the power drops >> to 3 or 4 watts out. Is the KX2 better than this or is that all there is, >> even on the new rig? >> >> David >> G4YVM >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
