06-16-15 09:12 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Comparison Shopping

 HG> {at}MSGID: 
 HG> In a message dated 06-15-15, Ed Vance said to Tom Walker:

 HG> GM Ed,
GM! Holger,
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 HG> You can very well use a 15A PS with a 100 W transceiver
 HG> provided you don't need all those 100 watts. Especially on SSB
 HG> and CW the average power drawn from the PS is very much less
 HG> than those 20 Amps.

 HG> Digital modes like RTTY, PSK and others compair to AM and and
 HG> draw a continuous current but even those modes can be run from
 HG> a 15 A PS provided you don't use the full 100 Watt's of the
 HG> available output.

 HG> Still better: Feed the transceiver from a 12 V battery and
 HG> connect the PS15 i parallel to the battery. That way the TRX
 HG> will be able to pull the full 20 Amps from the battery while
 HG> the PS will keep the battery charged.

 HG> That's the way I run my home station! You don't need an AC PS
 HG> for every rig/appliance.

When I got a Regency HR-2 in the 1970's I used a battery to use it at
home until I bought a 4 Amp A.C. Power Supply for it.

After I got the Kenwood TR-9130 I decided to buy the 15 AMP PS.

73


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