[ARC5] 24vdc power

[kn7sfz]

Agreed.  And in about 5 yrs wife and I will probably be relocating to a 
retirement center and I'll need to dispose of all my beloved BAs.  I'll 
try Craigslist but I'm not optimistic.  As you say, no interest anymore.

Sad but true,

kn7sfz



On 9/5/2022 11:49 AM, scottjohnson1 at cox.net wrote:
>
> That, and I was referring to the fact that fewer and fewer of us 
> (them?) get excited or care about old tech, or history in general.  
> Maybe I am just talking like my grandfather, but more and more people 
> bypass the boat anchor tables at the hamfest , and go straight for the 
> guy selling cheap Baofeng dual banders. Sigh.
>
> *From:* kn7sfz <kn7sfz at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 5, 2022 11:43 AM
> *To:* scottjohnson1 at cox.net; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] 24vdc power
>
> OUCH!...... 🙁😉😉
>
> Yep, readership tech skills have diminished over the years....sigh.....
>
> kn7sfz
>
> On 9/5/2022 9:36 AM, scottjohnson1 at cox.net wrote:
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>     I think it would be lost on 99.9% of the readership, unfortunately.
>
>     -----Original Message-----
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>     From:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net  <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net>  <mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net>  On Behalf Of kn7sfz
>
>     Sent: Monday, September 5, 2022 7:25 AM
>
>     To:arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>
>     Subject: Re: [ARC5] 24vdc power
>
>     WOW!  I for one would love to see that project covered in QST!
>
>     de kn7sfz
>
>     On 9/4/2022 11:15 PM, Charles via ARC5 wrote:
>
>         For the small loads mentioned here, that approach is a good one,
>
>         although I have read that battery life may be limited. Unfortunately
>
>         for larger SLA or flooded batteries, and switchers too, the price
>
>         increases more than proportionately ;)
>
>         It was actually cheaper for me to buy some of the components for the
>
>         brute force PS than to buy batteries (and switchers).
>
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