Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding, portable generators, field day

[Jim Smith <jimsmith@shaw.ca>]

Oohh.... a fascinating topic.

A minor quibble.  The low power category is between 5 and 150W, not 
100W, so maybe 4A per radio might be a better number if you're running 
radios capable of 150W like the MkV.

73 de Jim Smith   VE7FO

> Another point. Field Day is a 100 watt or less contest. It's hard to burn 
> more than about 300 watts per transmitter at keydown, so we're talking 3A 
> max per radio. If you have 2-3 radios next to each other, that's still 
> not a lot of current. Any decent 12-3 (or even 14-3) and you're in 
> clover! 
>
>  

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