[TenTec] OT

[Barry N1EU]

FWIW, someone in good shape can maintain a long term power output of
about 200W on a stationary bicycle. That's power to the flywheel
before generator conversion inefficiency.

73,
Barry N1EU

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Bwana Bob <wb2vuf at gti.net> wrote:
> Well, they have them on portable AM/FM "emergency radios" and there are
> hand cranked cell phone chargers. To run a transmitter you need a bigger
> generator.  They are on the surplus market and there is a British or
> maybe Australian company that makes one for the Q-mac HF portable
> transceiver.
>
> I don' think its a very efficient way to stay on the air.  Better to get
>  a couple of hefty batteries and put them on a solar panel for
> charging.  I can run my Scout for quite a while on a 7 AH battery, if I
> reduce power to about 20-30 watts.
>
>
>                                        73,
>
>                                        Bob WB2VUF
>
> John wrote:
>> OT...... How come we don't see hand winding generators for our rigs to use when the power goes out ? Is there really such a thing .  John
>>
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