Portable power supply for QRP operation
The converter is delivered with two plastic faces to protect the mainboard and the display, together with the fixing accessories (screws and spacers). But, a dedicated enclosed box is highly recommended for more safety, especially if you will use it in portable or mobile activities.le activities it will not be so easy to carry them.
A better solution is to use high capacity Li-Ion batteries, designed to charge laptops, having at least 20 Ah and capable to provides minimum 4 Amps as discharging current. These batteries are lightweight and easy to carry, but in order to benefit from a higher discharge current, you must set the battery's output voltage at 16 or 19 Volts, which are to higher than the standard voltage usually designed for transceivers, at 13.8 Volts.
This issue can be fixed with the following DC-DC convertor, which accepts a very large voltage range input (from 6 …
