[Boatanchors] Question on 24 volt

[Bill Cromwell]

On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 23:19 -0500, Preston Clark wrote:
> This may be the wrong site but i am curious what do people do to run old
> military gear  i am looking a getting a t-195 i called fair radio  and they
> say to power it is 24 volt  40 amps  any ideas
> 
> 73
> Preston Clark
> KF5EVV


Hi Preston,

Some of the guys here who actually run radios like that will step in to
tell you what they do. I run lower power than you if you are going to
draw 960 watts to power your TX. I know that's not 960 watts at the
antenna faucet but still...

For an AC supply to push 100 watts out the antenna port I have the
transformer from a big 12 volt battery charger/booster surrounded by the
rest of the goodies needed for a power supply. You might do it with two
of them if you can get them. Mine is rated for 50 Amps. A couple of big,
honking, 12 volt, truck/tractor batteries in series or a 24 volt model
would do for battery power. I don't mean pickup truck batteries which
wouldn't keep you on the air very long.

Waiting to see what the people who actually use those radios do about
that.

73,

Bill  KU8H