You should be fine, when I had my RS-35, I had a fulltime packet station
beaconing every half hour and very active sending and receiving NTS
messages, I had my 900 MHz radio on 24/7, GMRS radio on most of the time,
VHF/UHF radio on and HF, now if you talk on more than one at once there
could be an issue, but my packet station was beaconing every half hour on
high power and I could talk on any of the other radios with no problem, plus
I had a few other accessories hooked up, TW-1, scanner, maybe one or 2 other
things, and never had an issue. In fact, at the apartment when I ran the 30
amp switching supply, I had packet going 24/7 and active there as well, and
I ran the TS-2000, talking on either VHF, or HF, and never had a problem
high power or otherwise so you should be set. I forget what else I ran at
the apartment, I know the GMRS radio was in a box since I couldn't afford to
keep my license up, and 900 MHz, I made a base station consol for it but
there were still packet running off the power supply and the TS-2000 on all
bands, and accessories with no problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 10:36 AM
Subject: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high power?
> Hi, all.
>
> Does anyone know what the old Kenwood TMV7A draws in terms of amperage
> when
> transmitting on high power?
>
> I looked on icanworkthisthing.com, but the manual there omits the
> specifications section.
>
> I would suspect the current draw on high power is about 12 or 13 amps, but
> am not totally sure.
>
> I'm getting packet radio set up here, and am trying to decide whether I
> can
> use the 7A for packet with my RS35 power supply, and the rigrunner, or
> whether I need to give the old 7A it's own separate power supply.
>
> Currently, my rig runner and Astron RS35 powers my TS590 and my TMV71A,
> plus
> a few accessories, but obviously, everything is not operating at the same
> time.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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