[amsat-bb] Re: Kenwood D7

["Gene Harlan" <atvq@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the message about the D7 battery life. At least I know that
mine is not broke.

Now, we need to find out who make a Lithium-ion battery that will fit!

Gene Harlan - WB9MMM
Harlan Technologies - publishers of
Amateur Television Quarterly
OSCAR Satellite Report
http://www.hampubs.com
ATVQ@hampubs.com
815-398-2683 - voice
815-398-2688 - fax

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@usna.edu>
To: "Gene Harlan" <atvq@hampubs.com>
Cc: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Kenwood D7


On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Gene Harlan wrote:

> Last Sunday, after a full charge, listing on two freq at the same time, no
> TNC on, I listened from 8 am till 3 pm and it died. I did not transmit at
> all. Is this normal?????????

Band A draws about 35 mA, and band B about 55 mA and the TNC about 10 mA.
WIth both bands running thats 90 mA and for a 600 mA battery, that works
out to about 6.6 hours.  8 AM to 3 PM is about 7 hours.  Looks like your
battery is right on spec...

Turn off Band B and it should last 600/35 or about 17 hours...

Bob



----
Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA.
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org