Hello Tom, > I ran my K2 last weekend on a battery (from my backyard â fully > charged 52 Ah. Gel cell), and everyone on the net (40 meter SSB) > complained that the signal was distorted and just plain sounded very > bad. One person suggested that it was the 12 volts put out by the > battery, rather than the typical 13.8 volts. I brought out my power > supply and everything worked fine. I guess it was surprising that > this radio, that I understood was for portable operation wouldnât > work well on battery power. Has anyone else experienced this or is it > unique to my radio? This is a 4000 serial number. I have on order > the W4RRY battery booster. By comparison, my FT-857 seems unaffected > by 12 volts. Tom W6EIJ
I don't have newer any problem with my K2 at battery voltage lower than 12 volts. Sometime I work with my K2 (#01118) until the transceiver beeps in my ears, because the voltage is under 11 volts or so. --- 72/73 de Ingo, DK3RED - Don't forget: the fun is the power! [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.dk3red.homepage.t-online.de DL-QRP-AG #824 - www.dl-qrp-ag.de QRP ARCI #11295 - www.qrparci.org DARC #2360404 - www.darc.de _______________________________________________ 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