[Elecraft] KX3 current

Wayne, Is the 150mA RX current of KX3 is with the LCD display on and some level backlight active? What if there could be option to the display go to sleep if no knobs are touched for some time? Kind of like screen saving mode. Could that be considered? I bet the display takes considerable current

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 current

Hi Igor, The 150 mA target is with the backlight off. It's a transflective display, so it's highly visible even with no backlight, except at night. But we'll have a low setting of the backlight that adds very little current drain -- maybe 10 mA. The LCD itself, and its controller, draw