I have operated Field Day with my K2 in the QRP mode and one "normal" car battery. No problem.
I made 460 contacts so calling stations and giving the exchange maybe took 20 seconds. THat means the transmitter was on only on for perhaps 20 seconds per QSO or 8 minutes per hour. Hardly seems like much of a drain. I am going to try QRP again, but I am a realistic and it may well be that with conditions as bad as they are today, QRP might be a wasted effort. If it is too frustrating, I'm going to switch to 100 w. That means I will make more contacts that QRP and I would call CQ. My question is, "Under these circumstances, can I expect the battery to last for the more or less 18 hours that I will be operating?" Obviosuly, if not, buying a second battery is a not-very-expensive option. Randy W6SJ ______________________________________________________________ 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
