[CQ-Contest] Inverter generators

[john at kk9a.com]

I bought a Honda EU2000I for my station in Aruba, after a contest power
failure. Having a generator seemed to be good insurance for stabile power
because I did not have another failure for a decade.  Then in the 2015 CQWW
Phone, the entire island was without power hours before the contest. Slowly
it came back on, but my section had no power at the start of the contest so
I attempted to use the generator that was in storage for years. It started
right up! I did not notice any RFI from it.  About an hour later the power
came back on. Then with about 8 hours left in the contest, a storm passed
though and knocked out the power to some homes, I was in the unfortunate
group. So I ran the generator until the end of the contest.  Unfortunately
it is only 120v and I had no 120v amp with me, A, Elecraft KPA-500 would
have been perfect. It think that the Honda EU2000I is a great small
generator and you made a good choice.

John KK9A - P40A
 


To:	<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [CQ-Contest] Inverter generators
From:	"Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
Date:	Sun, 24 Jan 2016 11:39:12 -0400

Hi Brett,

 

I was holding off commenting as I was also anxious to see what the
collective had to say about these Inverter type genny's.

I purchased the Honda EU2000i here a few months ago but have not yet used it
in a radio environment, so can't say what it'll be like.

I searched the Internet long and hard and found overall the 2k Honda's got
rave reviews from campers, contractors and guys doing radio expeditions. (I
think the CQP folks bought 40+ of these one year)

 
Mike VE9AA