Re: [TenTec] paralleling power supplies to run Herc II

[Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>]

On 6/21/2011 7:09 AM, Carl Winkles wrote:
> I have used one of those capacitors for Field Day using a 100 watt rig and a 
> battery with a battery booster. It seems to work although I don't know how to 
> test it
The battery makes the capacitor un-necessary as long as the leads 
between the battery and the rig are short and fat  -- the battery itself 
acts as a big capacitor. The capacitor could improve things ONLY if it 
were connected with near zero-length leads to the DC terminals of the 
rig, and even then the benefit would be QUITE minimal.
Ohm's Law is a wonderful thing -- big, short copper is your friend, and 
a LOT cheaper than exotic capacitors.
73, Jim K9YC