Whatever you offer Wayne, be sure that it weighs at least 50 pounds. If you have to, ballast it with a couple of cement blocks. You need to accommodate the group that really wants a work out and would like a transceiver that functions as a barbell as well as a ham radio.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ --- On Sat, 1/3/09, wayne burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > From: wayne burdick <[email protected]> > Subject: KBT3? > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]>, "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" > <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10:38 AM > WILLIS COOKE wrote: > > > Wayne, for those who complain that the K3 is not heavy > enough I > > suggest that you sell a battery box to attach to the > bottom with a 100 > > amp hour gel cell. That should make it heavy enough > to give anyone a > > hernia. > > This is left as an exercise for the reader :) > > OTOH, we could offer an internal Li-ion battery for the K3 > that would > be interchangeable with the KPA3 module. We could get about > 7 AH in > there, I bet. Built-in fast charger, charge monitoring at > the front > panel, separate fuse.... hmmmm.... nice for QRP > picnic-table outings. > > A fuel cell would be even more fun. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > --- > > http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
