K3 replacing the Li battery

[Gary Smith-2]

The K3 I have been upgrading & maintaining
as my back-up radio for the K3s is 9-10
years old, I bought this one used. I'm
thinking the battery is maybe old and
should be replaced with a new one.

I have a GPSDO attached so frequency
stability should be maintained with the
battery loss. The clock I can sync with
the computer which is time corrected each
second... I have a backup configuration
saved via the K3 Utility.

What is lost from memory that I need to
re-engage after the battery is replaced?

Thanks,

Gary
KA1J

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[Nr4c]

I believe the 2032 only is used for the RTC.

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> On Aug 5, 2018, at 3:56 PM, Gary Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> The K3 I have been upgrading & maintaining
> as my back-up radio for the K3s is 9-10
> years old, I bought this one used. I'm
> thinking the battery is maybe old and
> should be replaced with a new one.
>
> I have a GPSDO attached so frequency
> stability should be maintained with the
> battery loss. The clock I can sync with
> the computer which is time corrected each
> second... I have a backup configuration
> saved via the K3 Utility.
>
> What is lost from memory that I need to
> re-engage after the battery is replaced?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
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[Don Wilhelm]

Gary,

The battery is only used for the real time clock - no memories involved.
That battery should last as long as the battery other clocks using the
same battery.
The battery in my K3 is from 2008 and still works fine for me.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/5/2018 3:56 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> The K3 I have been upgrading & maintaining
> as my back-up radio for the K3s is 9-10
> years old, I bought this one used. I'm
> thinking the battery is maybe old and
> should be replaced with a new one.
>
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