Category: batteries

  • Battery testing, part 1

    This is a follow – up to my post in late February, “A battery project”. I was curious about the actual amp-hour capacity of the battery, compared to the nominal capacity printed on the label, and generally interested to learn a bit more about a key element of portable radio operating. The setup: The equipment:…

  • A battery project

    Sometime early last year I bought a pack of 4 lithium ion cells for no better reason than that they were crazy cheap, and seemed (to my (apparently) befogged consciousness) like they might be useful for portable radio. Then, to get some use out of them, I needed to get a battery management system board…

  • Replacing the batteries in the Xiegu X6100

    I am wrapping up this series of posts, so here is a set of links to the previous ones for your enjoyment and / or entertainment; or who knows, maybe you want to replace the batteries in your X6100 and prefer text and pictures to a YouTube video: Since the last post I have been…