Subject: Re: Power, signal surges in home...
From: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
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Organization: Robert Smits
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vanderby@mprgate.mpr.ca (David Vanderbyl) writes:

> drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand) writes:
> 
> >   Hams can legally run up to 1500 watts.  It is very unlikely, however,
> >   that a ham would be running that kind of power from a car.
> >
> >Not possible either.  You'd need about a 300 amp alternator for
> >just the amplifier.
> 
> It is too possible.  As the original poster said "it is very unlikely"
> but definately possible.  (Can you say batteries?)


I've even seen pictures of an installation where the ham pulled a little 
trailer behind his car with a 4KW generator, and ran the full legal limit 
while mobile. I don't know what his gas mileage was like, though, or 
where he found resonators able to stand the gaff.


emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca (Robert Smits Ladysmith BC)
