[TenTec] Argosy current draw

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

Thanks Mike.

I am surprised that it is still so high after everything is switched off.
It's been about 33 years, but as best as I can recall, when I switched off
everything on my Omni A, it got down to about 250 mA.   I could not get it
as low as the Argonaut 509, but still it was decent.

800mA  on RX is simply too high for working off of a small battery.
For a car battery you could work quite some time, but not from a motorcycle
battery or similar.

I've worked off of a motorbike's battery about 50 or 60 times.
I had to push the bike to get it started about 4 or 5 times.
I was able to operate the radio for many hours before it came to that, but I
had my RX current drain down at about 150 mA.

73
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:37 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: [TenTec] Argosy current draw


boys and girls,

FYI

on rec with normal volume and on battery at 13.00 volts, the argosy II with
display and meter lamp
800 mA

with the display off
500 mA

with display off and meter lamp off
350 mA


I did not measure TX current as my argosy only coughs up about 35ish watts
(never did figure out why it never hit 50)


mike, wb8vge



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