The battery connector is very heavy duty, rated for 5 amps and thousands of insertion/removal cycles.
73, Wayne N6KR ---- http://www.elecraft.com > On May 20, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Mike Morrow <k...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Olli wrote: > >> d.) It has general coverage RX, but no AM mode? Does not make sense to me. >> >> e.) No FM mode. A pity, there's quite some FM activity... > > I'd also ask why proper (not zero-beat SSB) **reception** of AM (and to > lesser extent, FM) could not have been easily added with only an small > investment in firmware. Perhaps that is possible in a subsequent firmware > release. > > I have misgivings about the tolerance of the KXBT2 connector/cable for the > very frequent battery pack removal and installation that is required for > **every** battery recharge. In particular, is the small fixed connector in > the KX2 rated for this service over, say, a 15-year product life with daily > (probable worst-case) battery removal and replacement? > > I have always mistrusted internal batteries in the same space as a radio's > electronics. I'd have preferred an internal battery compartment that is > **environmentally separated** from the rest of the radio, plus integral > recharge circuitry that allows proper recharge while the battery remains in > place...just like almost all consumer products have for 40 years. > > I wonder if aftermarket heat sinks, side plates, and panel covers will soon > follow. > > These are just nits. The KX2 is certainly as exciting a product as any ham > manufacturer has ever introduced. The apparent prompt availability of the > KX2 and accessories except KXPD2 is astonishing...I waited six months for a > K1 after Dayton 2000! > > 73, > Mike / KK5F > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
