[Elecraft] Power Supply?

[Phil Hystad]

When I got my Icom 756 Pro III about six years ago or so, the Icom PS125 was part of the deal.  HRO (or, Icom) was offering the PS125 as a free add-on to the Pro III purchase.

I thought that was cool because of the common look&feel of the two sitting side-by-side.  But, that feeling lasted only a few days when I started being bothered by the fan.  Until then, I really had no fan noise problems.  I complained to HRO thinking that I got a lemon but they assured me that the noise I was hearing was likely normal as they have noisy fans there in their rig setup at the store.

So, eBay came to the rescue and I sold the PS125 for $150.  I am not sure if the buyer got a deal or not given that it was roughly half the retail price and less then a month old and yet it was noisy too.  But, he never complained to me.

As for me, I have two nice Astron RS-35M linear supplies and they are nice and quiet.  Plus, since I moved them under the bench on a little shelf of their own, I never really know that they are there.  I have two nice DC distribution panels up on the bench top for my rigs to feed from the power supplies.

73, phil, K7PEH



On Jul 2, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:

> AC0H> I really don't understand the hubbub about having a matching
> power supply
> ...
> AC0H> I just don't see it. A power supply is a power supply. They
> are commodity items.
> 
> Simply a desire to have one match the rest of the station. I like that
> Elecraft made the K3, P3 and KPA500 match.  They put considerable effort
> into that design, and did so deliberately, and it works.  Some people care
> about aesthetics, and some don't.  Kudos to all of them; to each his own.
> 
> --Andrew, NV1B
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