I was concerned with the lower voltage affect on the Scout performance so
looked into building a voltage booster that would keep the voltage of the
supply
battery over 13vdc.
QST November, 2004, p.37 by Daniel R. Kemppainen, N8XJK
A dc-dc boost switching converter is the answer to low voltage battery
problems for mobile, portable or emergency-power operation.
_http://www.farcircuits.net/boosterreg.pdf_
(http://www.farcircuits.net/boosterreg.pdf)
_http://stores.tgelectronics.org/cataloglist.html_
(http://stores.tgelectronics.org/cataloglist.html)
I found this on the internet where you can buy one already constructed. I
have only run it a few hours but seems to be performing as designed.
_http://stores.tgelectronics.org/default.htm_
(http://stores.tgelectronics.org/default.htm)
Just thought I would pass along for general information
Alan KB7MBI
Woodinville, WA
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