Actually, you might make out better if you undercut them and took their
customers.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 21:58
Subject: Re: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high power?
> That's a good point, Steve, and maybe I could inflate the price like
> the
> oil companies do for gas, and then, I'd really be living high off the hog!
> (grin)
>
>
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high power?
>
>
>> But Tom, if you had the substation, you could sell electricity to all
>> your
>> neighbors and recover the cost of the substation.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 15:10
>> Subject: Re: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high
>> power?
>>
>>
>>> Yeah, but then, Steve, I'd have to take out at least a second
>>> mortgage,
>>> and I really want to retire within the next few years!
>>>
>>> Life is full of choices and priorities, I guess! (grin)
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 3:03 PM
>>> Subject: Re: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high
>>> power?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Play it safe and get a 100-amp supply <grin>. In fact, just buy your
>>>> own
>>>> sub-station and you'll never be short of electricity.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 14:02
>>>> Subject: Re: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high
>>>> power?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yup, Steve, my thinking exactly.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I've decided to run the packet set-up on its own supply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I run my TS590 and TMV71A on the RS35, with the thought that
>>>>> I
>>>>> wouldn't be using them both simultaneously, but sometimes it has made
>>>>> me
>>>>> wonder whether I ultimately want to get a bigger supply for those two
>>>>> main
>>>>> rigs here in the shack.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:56 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: anyone know what the current draw is for TMV7A on high
>>>>> power?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know the answer to your question, but I'd tend to use a
>>>>>> separate
>>>>>> power supply for your packet radio. My reasoning is this: Even
>>>>>> though
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> radios may not all be operating simultaneously, the packet radio may
>>>>>> decide
>>>>>> to transmit when something else is on, which may cause you to exceed
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> current handling capability of your supply. I only run two radios on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> same supply when I am absolutely certain that they will not be
>>>>>> transmitting
>>>>>> simultaneously. Thus, for example, my TS2000 and my TS590 share a
>>>>>> supply
>>>>>> because I never run both radios at the same time. My TM-V71A has its
>>>>>> own
>>>>>> supply because I could conceivably be transmitting on it at the same
>>>>>> time
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> I'm using the 590 or the 2000. Not likely, I admit, but possible, so
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> don't take the risk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 10:36
>>>>>> 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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