Field testing hasn't officially started yet, other than testing of the four units in use by the design team. But I can give you some estimates.
Receive-mode current drain will typically be 130-170 mA depending on supply voltage, backlight level, whether the preamp is on, etc. So a 2500 milliamp-hour internal 8-AA battery pack would provide an average of about 16 hours of continuous use. This is 2 to 3 times what you'd get with other small all-band/all-mode radios that consume ~350-450 mA in receive mode. Transmit current varies with power level, band, supply voltage and other factors, but in general it's about 1 amp at 5 watts and 2 amps at 10 watts. At 10 W, you could probably run for 10-20 hours from a 12V 7AH battery, assuming typical hunt-and-pounce or casual operation. Transceive operating time from an internal battery will be determined by voltage or energy-density limitations of the 8 AA cells being used. You'd probably be transmitting something like 10% of the time (good QRP practice). Assuming a 2500 mA-hr pack, 1 A current drain in TX mode, and 150 mA RX, you might get as many as 10 hours of casual operation. 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 26, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Dave KK7SS wrote: > Is there any feedback from the Beta Tester(s) regarding battery life > under operational conditions? > > Inquiring minds, etc... > > -- > Dave G KK7SS > Richland, WA > > '59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it.. > '65 Sprite - in process :( > '76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :) > '06 Honda Civic Hybrid > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
