Hi All,
I'm a new member to the forum and after doing an archive search I didn't see anything directly on point to my question so here ya go ...
I'm looking at putting in a portable HF rig in the motorhome (class A Beaver) and have been wondering about using a power supply rather than direct cables to the house batteries. My initial thought is putting the radio and power supply into a tactical radio carrier so the only hook-ups to the coach are antennas and the plug for the power supply with everything else mounted on the carrier. I'm looking at the Icom IC-7000 for the rig and either a Samlex SEC-1235M or an Astron SS-30M. The idea is for maximum portability between house and RV. Obviously I need a power supply in the house and since I very seldom dry-camp I'm not seeing a problem with just plugging in the power supply in the coach. If for some reason I am dry-camping, the coach uses a dual leg 30amp true sine wave inverter (50amp system) so unless I'm missing something (a real possibility) I don't see a problem with continuing to use the power supply for the rig. There shouldn't be any inverter hum with TSW. Any thoughts or comments?
Jay / KC7LDR
I'm a new member to the forum and after doing an archive search I didn't see anything directly on point to my question so here ya go ...
I'm looking at putting in a portable HF rig in the motorhome (class A Beaver) and have been wondering about using a power supply rather than direct cables to the house batteries. My initial thought is putting the radio and power supply into a tactical radio carrier so the only hook-ups to the coach are antennas and the plug for the power supply with everything else mounted on the carrier. I'm looking at the Icom IC-7000 for the rig and either a Samlex SEC-1235M or an Astron SS-30M. The idea is for maximum portability between house and RV. Obviously I need a power supply in the house and since I very seldom dry-camp I'm not seeing a problem with just plugging in the power supply in the coach. If for some reason I am dry-camping, the coach uses a dual leg 30amp true sine wave inverter (50amp system) so unless I'm missing something (a real possibility) I don't see a problem with continuing to use the power supply for the rig. There shouldn't be any inverter hum with TSW. Any thoughts or comments?
Jay / KC7LDR