You can find the 10-cell on ebay. It does come from China and takes a
few weeks. But they're cheap.
72, Doug -- K0DXV
On 7/11/2014 6:11 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
I looked there. it appears to hold 8 cells, not ten. Plus ships from
Hong Kong, so a bit of a wait :-)
The 10-cell holders seem a bit hard to find. In fact, I'd looked and
not found one -- so I was quite surprised to see one in my local store
and grabbed it. My old standby is a 10 AA holder which came with an
old Icom 02-AT!
Phil W7OX
On 7/11/14, 4:20 PM, Jeff Herr wrote:
look at this, free shipping!
http://www.amazon.com/SODIAL-TM-Cells-Battery-Holder/dp/B00DFQRTT6/ref=sr_1_
5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1405120731&sr=1-5&keywords=10+cell+battery+holde
r
it is a good idea
-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Phil
Wheeler
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 14:49 PM
To: David Cutter; k...@yahoogroups.com; Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My KX3 Battery Approach
Right! The flexibility is good, and I have quite a few Eneloops on hand.
Yes, $10 is a bit pricy, David. Those are not exactly what I bought;
I just
searched Amazon for a link with an image; bought mine in a local
store. The
8-cell version is more common, but ten is a better choice for our rigs!
73, Phil W7OX
On 7/11/14, 2:39 PM, David Cutter wrote:
..and you can buy AA cells anywhere in the world. I run my KX1 that
way.
BTW that's a very expensive battery holder. I bought a couple of
these in the UK - not normally known for cheaper prices:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/10-aa-battery-box-rk45y
73
David
G3UNA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Wheeler" <w...@socal.rr.com>
To: <k...@yahoogroups.com>; "Elecraft Reflector"
<Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:04 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] My KX3 Battery Approach
While I have a 5 Amp-hr Lithium Ion battery and use it, and also
high-capacity Eneloops inside my KX3 (with the battery charger
option) my preferred approach is to use ten external Eneloops in a
battery holder made to hold ten AA cells, this sort of thing:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZTUI7Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07
_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
That way I have no power limitations, it's easy to recharge the
batteries (I have two Maha chargers, one 4 cell and one 8 cell, so I
always have the ten needed spares available).
Works good with a number of rigs (K1, KX1, etc.)
While the capacity is only 2 A-h or so (vs. 5 or higher with some of
the newer, more exotic batteries out there) this works for me -- and
the cells can be used for other things like a camera flash gun. And
easy to change out the cells to fresh ones.
Phil W7OX
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