Using “Ultracapacitors” as a power conditioner and ballast for transient high-power loads (or “How to run your HF rig from D-cells” – sort of…)

KA7OEI writes: An advantage of Lead-Acid, NiCd, Lithium Ion and some NiMH cell types is that they have quite low internal resistance compared Alkaline cells: Even an aging lead acid battery that is near the end of its useful life may seem to be “OK” based on a load test as its internal resistance can […]