Thanks for the thoughts, John.

I guess it's just a matter of opinion, and how you assess your equipment 
usage patterns and needs.

Anyway, I found a good separate power supply to use for the packet station, 
so I think I'll stay on what I hope will be the safe side with that.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high power?


> 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
>