Mail Archive Search: <+subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*\[CQ\-Contest\]\s+Portable\s+Generators\s*$/>

Results:

References: [ +subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*\[CQ\-Contest\]\s+Portable\s+Generators\s*$/: 16 ]

Total 16 documents matching your query.

1. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: NEDROG@aol.com (NEDROG); Date: Mon Jan 12 12:44:49 1998; Hi Folks, I am interested in purchasing a portable AC generator for mostly HAM use in the field, and I have a couple of questions. 1] are all the generators that I see advertised by the large hardwar; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00209.html (7,800 bytes)
2. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller); Date: Mon Jan 12 14:10:55 1998; Ok...really they are pretty much t he same. Coleman is available at WalMart and uses a common garden variety Briggs and Straton engine. Parts are available at about any lawnmower parts store. Last fo; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00223.html (8,990 bytes)
3. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC); Date: Mon Jan 12 20:08:43 1998; As someone who loses my power occasionally, my main criteria (criterion?) was price. I got a 2.25 kw Coleman at Home Depot for about three-hundred bucks. It's noisy but works FB. Regulation is by mec; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00231.html (9,057 bytes)
4. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: km0l@tfs.net (Steve Lufcy); Date: Mon Jan 12 01:37:53 1998; HowardI have a 4 kw Generac that I bought from a hardware store. I could power up half the city with the thing if I wanted, but it is subject to power spikes and misses a lick or two when it gets dam; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00232.html (8,004 bytes)
5. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Tue Jan 13 12:48:57 1998; This is developing into an excellent thread, but triggers an additional question: My QTH loses power fairly often in the winter. This is critical only because my well pump is electric, but in some ci; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00242.html (9,043 bytes)
6. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: ak6i@earthlink.net (Darrel J. Van Buer); Date: Tue Jan 13 18:34:13 1998; I'd really recommend a transfer switch as a safer installation. This is basically a specialized breaker panel which allows you to hook a circuit to exactly one power source. Some even have ammeters t; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00249.html (10,263 bytes)
7. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten); Date: Tue Jan 13 13:45:08 1998; K1VR: As a quick fix, it will work for you, but there are some cautions that deserve extra special attention because of the danger (i.e., someone could get killed) involved. 1. In order to plug the g; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00251.html (10,410 bytes)
8. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: margoh@compuserve.com (Hill, Russell C.); Date: Tue Jan 13 12:39:02 1998; Greetings All; I have had experience with two Onan generators, and have been very impressed. 1: 4.5KW purchased used in a '73 motorhome, which I had rebuilt about '88. it has received very little mai; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00252.html (9,657 bytes)
9. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: k7fr@televar.com (Gary A. Nieborsky PE); Date: Tue Jan 13 11:12:06 1998; Pete, Article 702 of the National Electric code addresses this issue. The big hang up with what you are proposing is that under 702-6, in part: "Transfer equipment shall be suitable for the intended; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00253.html (10,133 bytes)
10. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: jack.sippel@nellcorpb.com (jack.sippel@nellcorpb.com); Date: Tue Jan 13 09:44:06 1998; Does anyone know if Consumer Reports has reviewed portable generators? Or possibly one of the outdoor sports magazines? -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative req; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00258.html (8,371 bytes)
11. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: Ve3bmv@aol.com (Ve3bmv); Date: Tue Jan 13 23:24:10 1998; Another aspect when selecting generator is to look at the regulation - feedback system from increased load. When operating CW and SSB the duty cycle is quite different when receiving and when transmi; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00269.html (10,978 bytes)
12. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena); Date: Tue Jan 13 21:46:31 1998; No, as long as you follow that scenario without exception. I have been doing that with a 120V unit for many years, with a double-male cord. We have a LOT of power failures up here in California's San; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00271.html (13,085 bytes)
13. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: beaton@wintermute.co.uk (Alastair Beaton); Date: Wed Jan 14 13:13:41 1998; We sourced a couple of very fine 7.5kVA 2-cyl Lister diesel generators from trailer-mounted lighting towers being auctioned off by the Highways Agency and building contractors. This kind of gear is o; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00274.html (9,534 bytes)
14. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena); Date: Wed Jan 14 18:34:16 1998; I was concerned about regulation with HEAVY variable loads, beyond the scope of the battery charge output. But use of the dc output can certainly be efficient for smaller loads. The raw battery charg; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00299.html (9,799 bytes)
15. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace); Date: Wed Jan 14 02:50:17 1998; Pete -- I am not a commerical electrician, but I have built a house with an emergency generator system. From my limited understanding, I know there are several problems with this scenario: -- Practic; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00307.html (12,098 bytes)
16. [CQ-Contest] Portable Generators (score: 1): Author: TOMK5RC@aol.com (TOMK5RC); Date: Thu Jan 15 10:41:51 1998; I have been known, over they years, to try pragmatic solutions to RF and AC problems, especially in the heat of a contest. Fortunately, there have never been any serious problems as a result, except; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1998-01/msg00322.html (8,693 bytes)

Current List: 1 - 16
Page: [1]