[TenTec] running cw with generator question

[Dave Edwards]

Jerome.....I am not into the camping thing, and the electric here has not 
flickered in 15 years...so I have not seen a need for a generator. But I've 
heard that Honda is a winner, and would probably run several Jupiters. Read 
about it on eham....nothing but good things!
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jerome schatten" <romers at shaw.ca>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 6:53 PM
Subject: [TenTec] running cw with generator question


> Hope this isn't stretching the limits on off-topic posting:
>
> I'm considering buying a small eu1000 Honda 1000w generator to (among
> other things) run my Jupiter with a switching power supply and my laptop
> from inside my camper. I run only CW, and I was wondering if the rapid
> surges in current draw caused by the CW keying would drive the generator
> nuts? Or, as I would hope, the flywheel on the generator would keep the
> generator running at about the same speed?
>
> I would be plugging the generator into the camper so it could run the
> lights, etc. as well and hoping to get away with a 1kw generator, as
> physical size is a problem while travelling.
>
> Seems to me that this is the old 'field day generator' problem, but I
> never paid much attention to the generator end of things as I was always
> operating. Thanks for any advice.
>
> Best,
> jerome - va7vv
>
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