[TenTec] Op voltages, probably the battery, not the radio?

[George, W5YR]

Sure sounds like the effects of resistance either in the cells
themselves or in the external circuit. From your description, I would
suspect the cells.

Interesting . . . we tend to think of batteries as "perfect" d-c sources
and forget that they have internal resistance just like other sources.

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Chuck Brudtkuhl wrote:
> 
> >My attempts to operate my Delta II on a 12V deep cycle
> battery have
> >produced reports of distorted audio, which could only be
> eliminated by
> >reducing the output to below 40 watts.  I have been advised
> that the rig
> >was probably FMing.  This radio is only happy when fed with
> at least 13
> >volts, and comes into it's own at the magic 13.8vdc level.
> 
> This thread may be dead, but I'm catching up on my reading.
> I just want to raise the awareness that all batteries are
> not created equally.  This scenario fits a historic scenario
> of mine perfectly.
> 
> I tried running 100W sideband off a Telco battery string.  I
> was using a total of four strands of #6 stranded copper for
> the 15ft run .. plenty of capacity there for 100w.  I also
> had slight FMing on SSB.  It turns out that the batteries
> themselves, designed for steady current loads, responded to
> the near-instantaneous transition from 1/2 amp to 20 amp
> peak .. by dropping the voltage about 2 volts during that
> transition period.  They'd take a steady state 20A load no
> problem (which is what they're designed for) .. but the
> transition period is what was causing the FMing .. and since
> SSB is continuous transition periods ....  hence it may not
> be the radio ... likely is NOT the radio.  You can test the
> radio by running it on a REGULATED supply at low voltage.
> May have been the battery.
> 
> I'm no battery expert, but I've never forgotten this real
> life situation.  I always wanted to try it sometime with
> some hefty caps across the line to help "fill" the
> transition periods .. but never did.
> 
> 73 de Chuck

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