Butch,
Generator gas, propane, desil or natural gas?  Were I to have a 
backup generator here I'd probably opt for natural gas.  But in the 
five years we have lived in this house we have perhaps had ten hours 
of no power.  Can't justify the expense!
Pat, K9JAUAt 05:28 PM 6/16/2013, you wrote:
>If I wanted to do field day, all I'd have to do is go out and flip the
>breakers and my 14kw generator would be purring away, could run 1e.  I
>just don't get enthused any more. To fat and lazy I guess!!
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Sun, 16 Jun
>2013, Steve Forst wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > You would be "1 E".  This is home station on emergency power and 1
> > transmitter.  I usually run the home station off a battery at low power
> > and sign "1E".  A home station on commercial power is "1D".
> >
> > 73, have fun, Steve KW3A
> >
> >