[TenTec] Corsair ON/OFF

Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer geraldj at isunet.net
Thu Jul 10 17:32:12 EDT 2003


George, W5YR wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Just to stir the pot a little more, it is usually the safest procedure to
> always turn on the power supply first and let it stabilize before applying
> the load.
> 
> Does that apply here?
> 
> 73/72, George

No. The radio switch is only a remote power supply line switch. No DC is
switched with the standard Tentec cable (though it is with my cable).
One presumes that the output of the Tentec supply won't harm the radio
while coming up or shutting down.

73, Jerry, K0CQ
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