Anyone have any experience with inverter generators currently available in NA market? Need to find one (~2 kW - single-op DXpedition size) hopefully not as dear as a Honda, unfortunately can't be the
Hi. I had RFI issues with an EU2000 some years ago. Built a filter by winding a 12 or 15ft AC extension cord around a big toroid and that fixed it. Few years later, purchased a Honeywell 1000w and ha
Our club (NCCC) has done several group purchases of this generator, and we've had very good experience with them. It will run a 100W rig AND a 600W power amp on CW or SSB in economode (we use K3 and
I have used a Honda EU2000i and an EU1000i, and have not experienced any RFI, but the generator is usually about 75 ft from the antennas, and we opertate FD mostly on 80, 40, 20, 6 and 2 (and 432 for
Comments so far consistent with chatter seen in the past. Going somewhere without the resources we are accustomed to here, whereas over there is somewhat challenging in terms of cost & getting stuff
Hi Brett, I was holding off commenting as I was also anxious to see what the collective had to say about these Inverter type genny's. I purchased the Honda EU2000i here a few months ago but have not
Typo..Hyundai HY2000si not HT2000si.. and it purports to be a 2.2kW Generator for $595CDN http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/hyundai-hy2000si-2200-watt-portable-gas-poweredinverter-generator/6000016953505 $
And I believe (someone correct me) that the Honda EU2000i was also used for WRTC 2014 in New England. I am sure some competitors and organizers, crews and volunteers will be reading this list and per
Author: George K5KG via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:12:39 -0500
Hello Mike, I have a Honda EU2000i which I bought along with the reserve fuel tank in 2014. I have used it in successfully FD and no noticeable radio noise. Also used extensively for other stuff, inc
Let me emphasize that the Honda 2000i is not a "noisy" generator. We've seen the noise on CQP expeditions when it was parked directly underneath a tri-bander on a 30 ft mast. AND we set up ina very q
Whatever was used for WRTC 2014 in New England did not cause any noise on the radios at the station where I was a referee (W1A by LY9A and LY4L). 73, John, K4BAI. ____________________________________
I bought a Honda EU2000I for my station in Aruba, after a contest power failure. Having a generator seemed to be good insurance for stabile power because I did not have another failure for a decade.
As noted by VE9AA, there are alternatives to Honda. The Hyundai is still a bit dear, a couple dB (power dB) more than what looks to be a re-badged Robin that is available where I'm going. Other - les
The most popular inverter generators are only 2K watts. I remember when a club I belonged to ran 3A on the ARRL Field Day we needed a big generator to run everything. One of the hams had a 10KW 1,2,
The generators used at WRTC 2014 were all Honda EU2000i. I bought one of the site kits after WRTC was over. Very nice generator and I have not seen any rfi, including using several at FieldDay last s
You must have followed the directions for long-term storage, no fuel in the tank, completely dry carburetor, run some oil through, etc. Those Hondas are notorious for getting gummed-up carburetors if
As has been pointed out, the generators used at WRTC2014 were indeed Honda EU2000is. We observed that they were completely RF-quiet on 40-10M, but produced a small amount of noise on 80M - about s3 i
Author: George K5KG via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:45:17 -0500
John, the generators used at 2014 WRTC were all Honda EU200i models. The only instance of noise with these generators that I knew at WRTC of was one that was in use at K0DQ's station. I got involved
Author: George K5KG via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:51:50 -0500
I also keep gasoline stabilizer in the gas that I keep in my Honda EU2000i's tank and my extra gas cans. You can buy fuel stabilizer at Advance Auto Parts or other auto stores. 73, George, K5KG I bou
I find it interesting that these generators have very limited 12VDC output (marked for battery charging only). It seems that for our use a unit that generates reasonable levels of clean 12VDC and 120