Holly,

You don't really need a 35 amp power supply, but it won't hurt the 
radio if you use one.  The real danger occurs if you try to run the 
radio with a supply that can't deliver enough current, in which case 
you'll burn up the supply itself, or po0p the circuit breaker at the 
very least.  35 amps is the amount of current the supply can deliver 
if needed.  You could probably get away with using a 12 amp supply, 
but if you can get the 35 amp one for a good price, go for 
it.  Typically, you'd use a 35 amp supply for an HF rig, but it will 
work well for what you want to do.

Steve

On Monday 10/2/06 16:14 Holly Alonzo wrote:
>I found a place where I can buy this rig and it doesn't come with a
>power supply to be used kind of as a base station.  do you know what
>kind of power supply I need to get for this?  I found one on ebay its a
>35a astron or something but my husband said that's too much power and it
>will burn the radio up.  Is this correct?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Holly