[Mldxcc] Re: [NCCC] Elecraft KX1 and 9V battery

[H. Kohlmoos]

Not if you use a balloon to hold up your antenna wire.

73, Kit  --  W6ISO
CU on Calif. QSO Party in 2005

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Jensen" <k6dgw at foothill.net>
To: "NCCC Reflector" <nccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 00:55
Subject: Re: [NCCC] Elecraft KX1 and 9V battery


> > I presume you've taken the covers off the KX-1 to save weight?
>
> No, rules say the rig has to be in it's normal enclosure ... no exposed
> boards.  I did think about an aluminum back enclosure (to keep the
> boards unexposed), but I think that's stretching the rules more than I'm
> willing to do.  I probably can save an ounce or so if I get some ear
> buds instead of the Sony Walkman headfones I'm using, however.
>
> > Is helium allowed?  ;-)
>
> The rules are silent on helium, and I would defer to NCCC's legal beagle
> (that would be Rusty, I think) as to whether "silence implies consent."
> However, given the way helium leaks out of balloons overnight, I don't
> think it would last long in a KX1 anyway.  The rules are also silent on
> attachment of non-functional things to radios (like balloons) when you
> use and weigh them.  Again, a legal issue and not one for old engineers.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> Auburn CA CM98lw
>
> ad6e at inreach.com wrote:
> >
> > I presume you've taken the covers off the KX-1 to save weight?
> > Is helium allowed?  ;-)
> >
> > > Any experience out there in contest-land using a 9V Alkaline battery
on
> > > a KX1?  I'm wondering how much tx time I'd get - I need 2 hours of
both
> > > TX and RX time (Spartan Sprint this Monday), and a 9V battery would
get
> > > me quite a bit below 1 lb, whereas 6 AA cells come in at 1.125 lbs.
Of
> > > course less weight = less capacity.  I suppose I could keep the AA
cells
> > > and just make more QSO's, too.
> > >
> > > Fred K6DGW
> > > Auburn CA CM98lw
> > >
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