[Boatanchors] vintage mobile radio and antenna

[Bill Cromwell]

On Sat, 2013-04-13 at 17:09 -0400, Al Klase wrote:
> On 4/13/2013 4:42 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> > .....You could use something like (exactly like) a bridge rectifier so 
> > that your radio (or converter) doesn't care about the polarity in your 
> > truck.
> However, if the negative input to the radio is to chassis ground you'll 
> have a problem unless you float everything for DC.
> 
> Keep in mind that if you use standard silicon diodes, you're going to 
> loose about 1.2 volts in the diodes, one on each side of the bridge, a 
> pretty big hit in a 6-volt system.  Schottky diodes would be better by a 
> factor of about two.
> 
> Al


Well...

jabut...

we're already talking about putting mobile tube radios in vehicle with
positive ground AND only 6 bold (evil grin). So what's a diode drop or
two?

73,

Bill  KU8H