Re: K3 going mobile?

Posted by Ignacy on Mar 17, 2009; 11:48pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-going-mobile-tp2488518p2494545.html

With the conditioner the radio draws only an average power while the conditioner delivers the peak power. Same concept as with HPS-1A power supply, which weights just 1 lb and has an excellent rating on eham.net.

Ignacy

Jim Brown-10 wrote

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:35:54 -0700 (PDT), Ignacy wrote:

>Instead of using heavy wires it may be sufficient to the cigarette plug with
>the MFJ conditioner, which contains supercapacitors. Much less hassle.

This is a really bad idea. Going straight to the battery with a pair of big,
short, wires is the right way to do it. Anything else is asking for big
trouble. TWISTING the pairs is even better!

73,

Jim Brown K9YC


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