Charles - A well charged Gel Cell should have a voltage in the neighborhood of 13.2 to 13.8 V. It appears that you did not fully charge the battery, or the battery is incapable of accepting a good charge. Others have pointed this out as well, you need a charger/supply that is capable of of overcoming the Schottky diode voltage drop in the K-2.
You might want to try charging the battery out of the K2 to see if it will take a charge and how that will last when reinstalled in tthe K2. The battery in the K2 is a bit undersized for extended QRP use at 5 W. This is exacerbated by the common use of float charging, which does not fully charge a Gel-Cell, or takes forever to do it. The use of a smart charger is recommended. There are some issues with using a smart charger, but they are covered in the technotes area of the Elecraaft site. - Dr. Megacycle KK6MC/ -- James R. Duffey KK6MC/5 Cedar Crest NM 87008 DM65 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
