[TenTec] running cw with generator question

[jerome schatten]

I want to thank all that responded (on and off list) to my question
about the Honda eu series generators and running CW.

The consensus is: they are fine reliable generators; they do have
solvable RFI problems (common mode choke and shielding the spark plug
lead); and that you can't expect to run in the economy mode with
continually varying load (CW and SSB).

I'm on my way to buy one this morning.

Best regards,
jerome - va7vv 


On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 15:53 -0800, jerome schatten 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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