Thanks Bill
That answers my question very well.
Frank
--- In FT817@y..., "Bill Gerth" <bgerth@a...> wrote:
Frank,
The 817 can run at 5W on internal 9.6 V battery. The default is
2.5, but
you can get 5W by just selecting it. You'll get the flashing power
symbol.
The charger is fixed at either trickle or timed charge at fixed
current.
You only have control over the time of charge.
Bill
W4RK
Nashville, TN
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: <werhr@y...>
To: <FT817@y...>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:03 AM
Subject: [FT817] Re: Battery compartment
Wow! I guess I opened a can of worms with my question. :-))
Perhaps I should have made clearer my intent.
817 data says output pwr is 2.5 w with internal 9.6v batt.
it also says output is 5w with ext 12v.
So simple me thinks why not install 12v internal batt to get 5w.
Simple ? Not.
12v int would need 12v charge. So question becomes can the
internal
charger be set to supply 12v charge. If not question is mute.
Yep! I did research the FAQ
Thanks
Frank
--- In FT817@y..., w4wb@a... wrote:
What possible value would putting a 12 v pack into the rig have?
You
can run the rig at full output power by simply connectind a 9.6
V
pack into the external power plug. Remember that a fully
charged
9.6
V NiMH batery pack has an output voltage of about 11.2 V.
72 de Barry - W4WB
--- In FT817@y..., g4ilo@q... wrote:
I don't think you'd get 200mA (actually more like 240-250mA)
if
you
installed a 12V battery internally, as Frank suggested. I
think
the
only solution if anyone tried that would be to add a separate
charging socket.
Julian, G4ILO
--- In FT817@y..., "David Perry" <david.perry3@v...> wrote:
The charge time can be set from 6 hours to ten hours. The
current
is fixed
at c200 mAh, so 1600 NiMH cells take two ten hour charges.
Email me if you need further assistance. (the green wire
mod is
easypeasy by
the way).
David
----- Original Message -----
From: <werhr@y...>
To: <FT817@y...>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:58 PM
Subject: [FT817] Re: Battery compartment (Dave Perry)
Dave:
That is exactly what I needed. Did not know there was some
sort
of
removable tray for the AA batteries.
On another note, I assume that when unit is powered from a
ext
12v
source that there is some sort of control over the
charging
of
the
internal battery. Do you know if the charge level of the
internal
batt is adjustable via software? Thinking of installing a
12v
internal batt supply if the charge level can be adjusted
up
from
9.6 v
Thanks
Frank
W9LVC
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