power supplies

[Chris Robson]

>Greeting to all.
>
>I am getting ready to buy an Omni VI, and I found out about the power
supply being
>"optional." That is just as well, because I had been planning on using one
BIG 12V
>supply for the shack anyway.
>
>Scott at TenTec told me to try and get something that will do at least 22A,
but I am
>planning on more like 30 or 50A.
>
>By the way, what is the requirement in amps for the TenTec solid-state amp?
I could
>easily end up with that later on...
>
>I see in the AES catalog that they carry two lines of 12V supplies, Astron and
>Tripp-Lite. The Astron line *appears* to offer more amps for the $, but I
wonder.
>What I do like about the Astron line is that they offer more pounds of power
>transformer for the $.
>
>Has anyone had any experience with these? Any other alternatives? What I would
>really like is a 220V version of the 50A Astron supply, but I checked, and
AES does
>not carry such a thing, only the 32A supply comes that way. Thanks for your
help...
>
>||Larry||  -  KC8FDY  - soon to be N8KU
>

Larry,

        I am running my OMNI-VI on an 35 amp Astron power supply(which also
powers my 2mtr rig in the shack).  The Astron works great with no problems,
however I miss the class of having matching power supply(then again I have
no class!)  The Astron works for me, bottom line.

73, Chris KB3A



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