[Elecraft] KXPA100 Mobile Operations -- Power Output

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----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> 
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 3:26:10 PM 
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 Mobile Operations -- Power Output 

>On 1/12/2014 12:11 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote: 
>> I'm sure a commerical truck has a solid electrical system, pretty much all of them do. 
> 
> Depends on what you call solid. Almost every semi I've passed on the 
>highway when I had an HF rig in the car was a massive noise source. 
> 
>73, Jim K9YC 

Commercial vehicles, in fact almost all modern over-the-road vehicles, emit all kinds of RF noise. OEM's primary noise concerns relate to broadcast bands, and they're not really concerned about anything else. Believe me, as I spend a couple a days a month in Detroit OEM's EMC chambers. 

73, 

Mike - N8MSA