[TowerTalk] Grounding, portable generators, field day

[Jim Smith]

Oohh.... a fascinating topic.

A minor quibble.  The low power category is between 5 and 150W, not 
100W, so maybe 4A per radio might be a better number if you're running 
radios capable of 150W like the MkV.

73 de Jim Smith   VE7FO

>Another point. Field Day is a 100 watt or less contest. It's hard to burn 
>more than about 300 watts per transmitter at keydown, so we're talking 3A 
>max per radio. If you have 2-3 radios next to each other, that's still 
>not a lot of current. Any decent 12-3 (or even 14-3) and you're in 
>clover! 
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