[TenTec] Station power supply??

[denton]

well was digging around and found out this guy

skipp025 at yahoo.com

was making better regulartor boards some time back...sent him an email but 
no response.

I need to do some more digging...read an article on that many moons ago 
online.
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From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 6:12 PM
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Station power supply??

> If you find out anything about the regulator boards, I'd appreciate it if
> you'd let me know.
>
> A couple of years ago, the regulator board blew in my RS-20A.  (Well, I
> guess after over 15 years of more-or-less continual duty, it was bound to
> happen.)  Larry K3VX was kind enough to look at it for me, but couldn't 
> get
> the parts.
>
> Astron will sell a new board... for about $40 plus shipping, IIRC. 
> However,
> I was able to snag at a hamfest an RS-35A for about $30, so I never 
> bothered
> to order the board!  Still, I really need to do something with that '20A,
> other than let it collect dust on Larry's workbench...
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of denton
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 1:55 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Station power supply??
>
> you are right om...did google the 35M astrons and they appear to be the
> better ones of the lot.
> Will investigate upgrading regulator boards thou...
>
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> From: "Dennis R Baumgarte" <ae2ee at rochester.rr.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 10:33 AM
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Station power supply??
>
>> On 09/03/2012 13:09, 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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>> I would keep both RS-35 sell the  20 amp and still stay away from
>> switching power supplies. Using one 50 amp power supply is not a good
>> idea;for if it goes down then your out better to have 2 strips running
>> with the 30 amp supplies than just the one. If one goes down you still 
>> can
>
>> run sum of your equipment and be on the air.
>>
>>
>> Dennis AE2EE
>>
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