I bought a nice big LiFePo Battery - Radios & Power - SOTA Reflector
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With the Lake District weekend coming up I’m gathering my equipment together to operate from the western edge of the Cleveland Hills from the back of my car as a Chaser on Day 1, Saturday. I already have 2 X 7 AH Ultramax LiFePo batteries, purchased in 2014 and still in good order. I went over to LiFePo batteries that summer from SLABs having seen what DF2GN Klaus (who some of you may recall as a prolific CW activator) was using on Lupfen DM/BW-057 in 2014 with an FT-857. The 7 AH Ultramax batt
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I bought a nice big LiFePo Battery - Radios & Power - SOTA Reflector
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