Wes, Do share your 30A "smart charger". It's easy enough to find information for lower current chargers, but less so for something in this range.
cheers, Julius Wes Stewart wrote: > > Steve, > > Congratulations and welcome. > > I can't recommend a manufactured antenna since I make all of my own, which > I encourage you to do eventually. I do understand your desire to get on > quickly, though and I suspect you will get a lot of recommendations, some > better than others. > > As to the battery, I use a Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) 92 AH battery made by > East Penn Manufacturing and sold under their "Deka" brand. > (http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/assets/base/0139.pdf) I have it on > continuous charge via a home-built 30A "smart charger." > > The charger to battery circuit (both wires) is fused at 30A and the radio > circuit is fused at 25A. In addition I use a "battery boost" regulator > made by TGE (http://stores.tgelectronics.org/Detail.bok?no=11) to provide > a constant 14.1V at the radio regardless of battery state, and the > inevitable voltage drop in the wiring. > > I can tell you that at the 100W level, without the charger running and the > booster off, it doesn't take long before the K3 is beeping and warning > about low battery voltage. > > This system was put together for RV/Field Day use, but I also use it in > the fixed location when the RV is in storage, even though I have an Astron > RM-35 sitting right next to the charger. > > Wes N7WS > > --- On Mon, 1/4/10, KC2VNI <st...@smarrano.com> wrote: > > From: KC2VNI <st...@smarrano.com> > Subject: [Elecraft] New K3 User and New Ham > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 6:19 PM > > > Folks: I am a new ham. I just purchased a K3 100W radio with an > auto-tuner. > Several basic questions: > > 1) Wire antennas- Do you guys have suggestions for a multi-band wire > antenna > pre-made by someone like MFJ or similar that I could hang in a tree? > > 2) Battery based power: From speaking with the fellow from customer > support > from elecraft, a 100 Amp-Hr battery is what is required to operate at > 100W. > What type of battery do I use? Is sealed-lead acid acceptable? What size > fuses do I want on the line running from the radio to the battery? > > I recognize that this radio has orders of magnitude of capability that I > don't understand yet. I also recognize that reading the manual will be of > a > help here. If you have further resources and/or suggestions, please > advise. > > 73, > > KC2VNI. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3 #1875 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/New-K3-User-and-New-Ham-tp4253024p4256252.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.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
