Love it - the KX3/W Wood-Powered all-band radio! Alas, with only 2W (and at 5V) out of the thermocouple, I think that idea will have to wait for Bio-Lite Version 2.
/Rick On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Gregory Beat <gregory.b...@comcast.net>wrote: > Give Wayne 2 weeks with a Bio-Lite and he would likely have an Elecraft > upgrade -- > AKA MythBusters style. :-) > > w9gb > > On Jul 16, 2012, at 11:49 AM, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: > > > Interesting! The Russians had something like that back in the 1960's for > > their rural populations but I never saw one for sale here in the 'west'. > > > > The Soviet version was a mass of thermocouples (which Biolite seems to > be as > > well) that sat above a kerosene lamp and generated enough electricity to > run > > a small radio. > > > > 73. Ron AC7AC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Looking for a power source for those QRP hiking and backpacking weekend > > trips? > > > > Bio-Lite CampStove ( and charger) > > http://biolitestove.com/ > > > > w9gb > > Sent from the new iPad > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Rick Tavan N6XI Truckee, CA ______________________________________________________________ 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
