I'd be up for that. The KX3 is my favorite radio. After I got the KX2 and started enjoying its internal Li-ion battery pack, I realized that the KX3's internal NiMH battery charger is its worst feature. I too never use it anymore and have just switched to a small, external LifePO4 pack.
Tim On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 2:47 PM Steve KC6ZKT <[email protected]> wrote: > The KX3 is my favorite of my HF radios right now. But one of my > annoyances is the internal battery limitations. > > I always wind up carrying an external 6_Ah or 10_Ah LiFePo4 battery into > the field when I use this radio, an external charge controller, and > solar panel. It's not a big problem, but it also should not be a big > project to improve this situation. The KXBC3 has enough real estate to > include a lithium battery charger, and even a solar charge controller in > its space. The amount of battery energy that could fit in-place of the > NiMH cells could approximately triple the capacity of the AA cells. > > So I have these questions: > > 1) How many of you out there might buy an upgrade which replaces the > KXBC3 board with a lithium battery manager, and a associated battery pack? > > 2) Are there any 3rd parties already making anything like this? > > -- > --... ...-- > SteveSgt, KC6ZKT, @CM97bj73 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > -- Owner, worldwidedx.com AE6LX, Amateur Radio ______________________________________________________________ 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]
