[Amps] Mobile high power

[Will Matney]

Dick,

Yea, there was some mobile tube manufacturers who used to supply a generator with the amp. It supplied like 115/230 Vac 3 phase to a transformer. There were some that took alternators and removed the rectifiers getting around 14-18 Vac three phase or so. They fed a transformer this way but you have to run big cable. They have some generators for 115/230 at Northern Hydraulics which can be mounted with a pulley and will do the same think. I'm not sure what there KVA rating is though. These are single phase if I recall. There some of these being made today I know about. The good thing is, this keeps one from having to use an inverter circuit off 13.8 Vdc. Inverters are ok for small tube amps, but for anything say over 500+ watts, I'd want to use a generator.

Best,

Will

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On 10/27/05 at 1:31 PM pa3duv at planet.nl wrote:

>For those interested in operating a high power mobile station, see the 
>link below.
>
>http://www.aurasystems.com
>
>This seems to be a neat way to generate the necessary 8.5 kW (or 5 kW 
>for those operating QRP) input power for the HF amplifier.
>Anyone on this forum with experience in this field?
>
>Cheers, Dick Knol
>PA3DUV 
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