Great idea, count me in! At first I thought “The new KXBC3a should be backward compatible to NiMH cells”. Then I realized “Who would want to go back”? Then for safety reasons make it impossible to “accidentally“ connect the LiFePo4 battery pack to a KXBC3.
Paul W2PMC > On Oct 5, 2020, at 5:47 PM, Steve KC6ZKT <kc6...@effable.com> wrote: > > The KX3 is my favorite of my HF radios right now. But one of my annoyances > is the internal battery limitations. > > I always wind up carrying an external 6_Ah or 10_Ah LiFePo4 battery into the > field when I use this radio, an external charge controller, and solar panel. > It's not a big problem, but it also should not be a big project to improve > this situation. The KXBC3 has enough real estate to include a lithium battery > charger, and even a solar charge controller in its space. The amount of > battery energy that could fit in-place of the NiMH cells could approximately > triple the capacity of the AA cells. > > So I have these questions: > > 1) How many of you out there might buy an upgrade which replaces the KXBC3 > board with a lithium battery manager, and a associated battery pack? > > 2) Are there any 3rd parties already making anything like this? > > -- > --... ...-- > SteveSgt, KC6ZKT, @CM97bj73 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 pchesl...@gmail.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
