Thanks. Just another question, how difficult are the power poles to connect?
and, totally stupid question here, what kind of wire would you get for
running from the power supply, either portable or standard, to the pole?
I've never done any of my own wiring, just getting the radio hooked up to
the power supply was an accomplishment, but I do want to learn. Now if I
could find one of these jump pack supplies...
Thanks for the help, as usual.
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: questions about emergency power
I use the Anderson power poles, they go on the end of the wire that comes
bare, then you'd make up another short run to go from the power supply and
plug the radio in to it, that way you can swap out radios easy. I use them
on everything. As for emergency power, I do use a jump pack for a car. It
has huge alligator clips and I was just making a short run of wire with
power poles on 1 end and bare wires on the other end, the bare wires go in
the clamps and I just plug in to the power poles to power the radio. Now
though, I put another plug on the side of the jump pack so no bare wires or
anything now and it works well. I've run it at special events and stuff for
many hours. I can even run my HF radio for a long time on it depending on
how much talking I do.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christy Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: questions about emergency power
> Hi guys,
>
> I have two sort of related questions. I'm looking into setting up some
> kind
> of emergency power source for my kenwood 707, mostly for monitoring
> weather
> nets but also in case of other emergencies and loss of power. My asking
> around and research has left me wondering a couple of things. Many people
> especially with ARES have been talking about something called anderson
> power
> poles. What are these, and how do they relate to what I'm already running?
> Current setup is a DC cable running from the radio, and the ends of the
> wire
> threaded through terminals on the power supply, as many of you will
> probably
> remember from earlier posts. Secondly, have any of you had experience
> using
> portable power supplies, sometimes called car starters, for emergency
> backup
> of low powered VHF equipment? Someone mentioned this as a possibility,
> since
> they are less expensive than, and outgas much less than, the typical car
> battery or marine battery setup. The only thing I'm not sure of is if
> these
> come with the same kinds of terminals that you'd find on a normal power
> supply, or if I need to get some kind of special accessory, and then how
> to
> get that accessory interfaced with what I have. Thoughts, suggestions?
> Keeping in mind, I'm in an apartment, so space, ventalation and so forth
> is
> very limited.
>
> Christy
>
>
>
>
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