>I purchased a "Jump Starter" portable battery at Walmart for around
>$35. Use a cigarette lighter connector to connect to the MFJ
>259/269. I use it for those times when a number of time consuming
>measurements are required at the tower or base of a vertical. It is
>also useful on the bench when a series of measurements are being
>made, as in searching for a particular value of capacitor or
>adjusting an inductor. Also useful for tuning up mobile antennas.
>Obviously, it is not used on the tower.
>
>It weighs less than 10 lbs, so no problem transporting it to the
>antenna site.
>
>The battery serves double duty as a jump starter for the lawn
>tractor. It even had enough energy to start the Honda sedan with a
>dead battery.
>
>INK N4OO
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