[TenTec] Hercules II Power Source

[randas@mindspring.com]

Glad your all set up now Jim. Only thing I might ad is I only need 40-50
watts to have full output from my Herc II (500-600 watts). I also use just
one VS70M and mine easily keeps up full power on ssb, I do back it down to
400 watts on cw. Both the pwr supply and the amp stay cool. Love the thing.

73 de Tim  K0FL


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net>
To: Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net>; tentec@contesting.com
<tentec@contesting.com>; M. Clark <rudder@gulfcoast.net>
Date: Friday, December 31, 1999 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Hercules II Power Source


>
>UPS delivered the second Astron RS-70M from Ham
>Radio Outlet yesterday.  Connected the two 70M's
>in parallel using 4 gage conductors;  interconnected
>the two "sense" terminals with about #14 insulated
>wires,  and fired up!
>
>Works like a champ;  about 40 amps out of each supply,
>which are rated by Astron as 57 amps continuous,
>70 amps "intermittent communications service" aka
>ICS rating.  Just a bit over 510 watts out of the solid
>state linear with 80 watts drive from the Omni VI+,
>this on 40 meter CW to my C4 40 M dipole element.
>
>Nothing changed,  into a 50 ohm Bird dummy load,
>Omni feeds out 84 watts,  amp puts out 570 watts.
>
>Very pleased!  Thanks to all who participated in the
>thread discussion.  I am glad I went this way,  and
>not the Trojan battery route;  though I am sure,  that
>with proper care and diligence,  that method also
>is fine.  We have a Honda 5 kW generator here for
>use should another hurricane (such as Iniki was a
>few years ago) come across Kauai;  generator
>kept me on the air for nearly five weeks until
>commercial power was restored,  so know it works.
>Put out a lot of traffic from the island then;  hope it
>does not happen again,  hi.
>
>Happy New Year to All!!
>
>73,  Jim,  KH7M
>
>
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