[TenTec] Station power supply??

Carl Moreschi n4py2 at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 3 13:59:40 EDT 2012


I would keep the Astron 35M supplies.  They are solid supplies and work 
very well.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Dr.
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com

On 9/3/2012 1:09 PM, denton wrote:
> A bit off topic but...
> I am thinking of revamping my station's power supply setup.
>
> I have an Orion, Omni VII, 2 dual band uhf/vhf rigs and assorted item
> that use 13.8 vdc for running and/or charging.
> I currently have 2-Astron RS-35M and 1 20 amp Astron power supplies.
>
> I also am running a 3000 watt ups with a ton of backup batteries....this
> feeds just about everything in the shack.
>
> What I am thinking of doing is eliminating the above Astrons, getting a
> 50 amp plus power strip to fire the station and various sundires, or
> getting a series of switching power supplies.
>
> Qth is very quiet on man made noise.
>
> I am aiming for efficiency, with no rfi from power supply setups, from
> what I have read, the switchers are very efficient, but still generate a
> bit of rf hash....I might be wrong on this.
>
> Any suggestions or observations?
>
> Thanks in advance de Denton, WB7TDG
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