Bioenno LiFePO4 battery arrived today. Hooked it up to my #Kenwood #TM261A (late 1990s, 50/10/5W 2m mono band rig). The simple tests worked.

First real test is the weekday 800a #N8DUY net, and then Friday evening there's a Wayne County repeater crawl (map at https://tinyurl.com/WCRCMAP ) coordinated by Keith #KD8ZSK

I am fine at 5 or 10 watts into the antennas I have, but I really don't want to run full power without putting something on a meter to check it out first.

New battery on order (#Bioenno #lifepo4 with a matching charge controller). This should unlock the ability to use one more radio, a 50W/10W/5W old Kenwood TM-261A 2m mobile rig (late 1990s vintage). It wants max 11A amps on tx, more than my existing power supplies can handle.

I'll put this purchase in the "emergency preparedness" bucket, so that I have a stronger battery power source for #SKYWARN activations. I do still need to work on the 2 meter outdoor antenna to match.

#Kenwood #TM261A