Why not augment the gel cell with one or two akaline D cells in series?
They are rated at about 17 ah and would raise the terminal voltage to
the radio enough to ensure an adequate supply.
72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas NETXQRP 6
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE Dallas in Collin county QRP-L 1373
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 55th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756 PRO #02121 (9/00) Kachina #91900556 (12/99) IC-765 (6/90)
W7TRX wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am planning a portable radio setup for some outdoor fun. I have a 5w solar
> panel and 14ah gel cell for power. I plan to use SSB only. The TT Scout at
> first glance looks like a good radio for this use. The RX current
> requirements are OK with some mods to lower this a bit.
>
> I did a Deja search and saw a number of posts regarding running the Scout on
> battery power. The word is, it needs a minimum of 12.8 volts for the voltage
> regulator to operate properly. 12 VDC and you will have problems. This would
> seem to make battery use unpractical. I am not entirely clear was the
> resulting symptoms are, but it was mentioned enough to cause concern. This
> seems to be unrelated to the known frequency drift/correction problem that
> occurs during long strings of CW.
>
> I was hoping someone in this group could shed some additional light on this
> for me.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> 73, Tracy
> W7TRX
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