K1 Battery Power

[Edward A. Dauer]

Just added the battery option to a K1 and noticed something interesting.  When operating on battery power, no matter how the output power is set the actual power out is limited to about 2.0 watts.  It would make sense if this were a battery power conservation strategy; but I couldn’t find anything about it in either the battery option manual or the K1 manual.  Is this the designed behavior?

Ted, KN1CBR

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[Don Wilhelm]

Ted,

The lower voltage of the battery pack is the reason.
If you are using NiMH batteries, the voltage is likely about 9.6 volts,
and may be even lower during transmit.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 12/20/2016 11:42 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> Just added the battery option to a K1 and noticed something interesting.  When operating on battery power, no matter how the output power is set the actual power out is limited to about 2.0 watts.  It would make sense if this were a battery power conservation strategy; but I couldn’t find anything about it in either the battery option manual or the K1 manual.  Is this the designed behavior?
>
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