ah, thats a great site John.
Their prices are very reasonable too i see.
They have one 17 amp hour power station there that looks promising....though
even their 7amp hour unit sounds like it could run most any set up you could
throw at it for a reasonably long time.
Even if the power ran out, you could find a vehicle and run it at idol for
about an hour probably to give the unit some charge.
Regards
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: another question on batteries for portable HF use
> I don't think it's rated that high, I think running it while charging
would
> still put a drain on the battery on transmit, I'm saying if you transmit
it
> won't last long at full power, lower the power and it will get pretty
decent
> life from what I'm seeing but no, I wouldn't even think of using it as a
> power supply plugged in to the wall, I seriously don't think it could
handle
> that, it's not rated all that high.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:28 PM
> Subject: Re: another question on batteries for portable HF use
>
>
> > hmmm...so plugged in it would likely double as a power supply...perhaps
> > 25-30 amps continuous?
> > And then unplugged it would run 25 amps over a few hours, but say 10
amps
> > for longer?
> > Shall check it out online.
> > Regards
> > Colin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 6:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: another question on batteries for portable HF use
> >
> >
> >> What I'm using for my portable HF setup, for a battery is the power
> > station
> >> from ham contact I think the site is www.hamcontact.com, that's seeming
> >> to
> >> work out pretty well so far, I don't know that you'd get a long time
out
> > of
> >> it on high power, normal use probably a few hours but if you back the
> > power
> >> down as I'll do with that, you can get a lot of time out of it and the
> >> charger is built right in and can be left plugged in until you need it,
> >> no
> >> worrying about charging it before use, just leave it charging until you
> > want
> >> it and it can power other things if you want. Seems like a great idea
to
> > me
> >> so far.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:18 PM
> >> Subject: another question on batteries for portable HF use
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi again, all.
> >> >
> >> > If one wants to do portable HF work on battery power, with either an
> > Icom
> >> > 746, or 718, using 100 watts maximum output power, what's the best
kind
> > of
> >> > battery to buy?
> >> >
> >> > People tell me that a regular car battery isn't good, since it's
> > designed
> >> > to
> >> > give out lots of power fairly quickly, after which it will
immediately
> >> > need
> >> > to be re-charged.
> >> >
> >> > The suggestion I have heard is that a marine deep cycle battery is
> >> > best,
> >> > since it gives out smaller amperages, but can do so for a longer
period
> > of
> >> > time without needing to be re-charged.
> >> >
> >> > Is this correct?
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone tried other kinds of batteries for portable HF work, that
> > might
> >> > be easier to lug around? Obviously, I can run either of these rigs
on
> >> > lesser output power if needed.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > As EC/RO for my county, I am just looking for a relatively cheap and
> > easy
> >> > source of emergency power for situations in which my 8K generator at
> >> > the
> >> > house can't be or does not have to be used.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for taking this question, and vy 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
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