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Richard Thorpe-2
I was sitting at the operating position earlier today and kept hearing a "beep" about every 4 to 5 mins coming from the K3.  I run the K3 off a car battery charged by solar cells, lately there has been no sun. I checked that the battery and the voltage is at 10.4 volts.  Is the beep a "low voltage" warning from the K3? I couldn't find any reference in the manual.
Thank you.

K6CG
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Re: BEEP

wayne burdick
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Yes, your battery voltage is at the warning threshold. You can change  
the threshold in the CONFIG:BAT MIN menu entry, but I recommend  
keeping at 11.0 V. The K3 is still usable down to as low as about 9.5  
or 10 V, although max power output will be scaled back.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Dec 20, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Richard Thorpe wrote:

> I was sitting at the operating position earlier today and kept  
> hearing a "beep" about every 4 to 5 mins coming from the K3.  I run  
> the K3 off a car battery charged by solar cells, lately there has  
> been no sun. I checked that the battery and the voltage is at 10.4  
> volts.  Is the beep a "low voltage" warning from the K3? I couldn't  
> find any reference in the manual.
> Thank you.
>
> K6CG
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