[TenTec] running cw with generator question

[Joseph A. & Ruth O. Ryan]

Jerome:
I'm not into camping, or rv'ing, but live in the hurricane
capital of the world (Florida), and have used an eu2000 Honda
(2kw) as backup here since 2004.  Works great - did so during the
several hurricanes of 2004...lost power for up to 30 hours and was
able to sucessfully run my Orion I and ICOM 2720 (for ARES opns)
and keep the refrigerator cool and, when not running the refrig, ran
the microwave and several lights.
The Honda delivers a true 60~ sinewave.
73's Joe, KX4JR

At 06:53 PM 03/03/2007, you wrote:
>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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