[CQ-Contest] Inverter generators

[Michael Clarson]

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 Sats). Very little
15 or 10. Works great. Harbor Freight has an inverter generator, 2500
Watts. Known for easy starting. Anyone use one of those Harbor Freight
units?
http://www.harborfreight.com/2500-peak2200-running-watts-47-hp-125cc-portable-inverter-generator-61169.html
I've seen it on sale for $399

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> On Thu,1/21/2016 8:49 AM, Eric M. Guzman wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> 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 KPA500)! At home, I use
> to to power the critical circuits in my home during power failures, and I
> also use econmode. Those circuits include a refrigerator.
>
> But it IS necessary to choke the output to kill hash on the higher HF
> bands. Easy to do -- 4-5 turns of the output cable through the big 1-in
> i.d. #31 Fair-Rite clamp-on, or a stack of four 1.4-in i.d. toroids. Line
> filters do nothing. Photo on slide #7 of this Power Point.
>
> http://nccc.cc/pdf/CQP-RFI2013-2.pdf
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
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