KX3 battery question - alkalines in KXBC3?

[Stephen G4SJP]

If I buy the KXBC3 NiMH battery/RTC option, can I still put ordinary
alkaline manganese cells in it as well?  And would the KXBC3 know not to
allow charging to occur?  Or would I need to swap the KXBC3 with the
standard battery pack if I wanted to use non-rechargeables?

Thanks

Stephen G4SJP
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[Bruce Beford-2]

> If I buy the KXBC3 NiMH battery/RTC option, can I still put ordinary
> alkaline manganese cells in it as well?

Yes.

> And would the KXBC3 know not to allow charging to occur?  

Wayne has said that this will be the case. What was not clear was if you
will have to set a switch or jumper on the KXBC3 board to "tell it" which
you have in.

> Or would I need to swap the KXBC3 with the standard battery pack if I
> wanted to use non-rechargeables?

See above. The battery holders themselves are screwed into the RF board and
would not be routinely removed. You would not remove or swap a "battery
pack". Rather, you would remove the rechargeable cells and install your
alkaline or lithium primary cells. The KXBC3 is the optional PC board that
has the charger/RTC circuitry on it. It will stay in place.

73,
Bruce, N1RX




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[Stephen G4SJP]

Thanks Bruce,

Answered perfectly!  Exactly what I wanted to know.

73, Stephen

On 29 December 2011 15:53, Bruce Beford <[hidden email]>wrote:

> > If I buy the KXBC3 NiMH battery/RTC option, can I still put ordinary
> > alkaline manganese cells in it as well?
>
> Yes.
>
> > And would the KXBC3 know not to allow charging to occur?
>
> Wayne has said that this will be the case. What was not clear was if you
> will have to set a switch or jumper on the KXBC3 board to "tell it" which
> you have in.
>
> > Or would I need to swap the KXBC3 with the standard battery pack if I
> > wanted to use non-rechargeables?
>
> See above. The battery holders themselves are screwed into the RF board and
> would not be routinely removed. You would not remove or swap a "battery
> pack". Rather, you would remove the rechargeable cells and install your
> alkaline or lithium primary cells. The KXBC3 is the optional PC board that
> has the charger/RTC circuitry on it. It will stay in place.
>
> 73,
> Bruce, N1RX
>
>
>
>
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[wayne burdick]

Stephen Prior wrote:

> If I buy the KXBC3 NiMH battery/RTC option, can I still put ordinary
> alkaline manganese cells in it as well?

Yes.

> And would the KXBC3 know not to allow charging to occur?

After any battery remove/replace operation, the KX3 will ask whether  
you have installed rechargeable cells or not.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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>
> Stephen G4SJP
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[Stephen G4SJP]

On 29 December 2011 17:04, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> After any battery remove/replace operation, the KX3 will ask whether you
> have installed rechargeable cells or not.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>

Thanks Wayne, that's neat.  Can we choose the voice the KX3 uses <g>?

73, Stephen
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