[Boatanchors] Portable power & Hamfests?

[mikea]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:01:32AM -0500, StephenTetorka at cs.com wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> Wish to use my 706M2G in portable operation...for approx. 8 hours at a 
> time...alongside my Suburban...with a TAK-tenna erected on its roof.
> 
> Would appreciate your recommendations on what kind of "power pack" is most 
> User friendly..that is, easily rechargeable at the motel during the night, 
> afterwards.

For operations like that, I have a big UPS battery: 91 Ampere-Hour,
deep-discharge, AGM (Adsorbed Glass Mat) technology. It'll run a 100W
rig 8 hours pretty easily. I fudged, though: I have four of 'em. 

It's fairly heavy (76 pounds), so you may want a 2-wheeler of some 
sort to move it around. A battery charger will top it up in a few
hours in your hotel room. 

I use mine for the OKC Marathon, where I work with the medical folks 
at a station about 5 miles from the finish line. They're also nice for 
operating from along the Talimena Drive, the top of Mt. Scott, and 
other high places. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin