[Elecraft] Mobile high power

[Wayne Burdick]

My Prius is so dependent on embedded processors that I take no chances -- I run only 10 W mobile. Yes, it's harder to make contacts, but my car doesn't have E-peleptic seizures.

Computers in general are not very RFI-proof. I discovered this the hard way when I was running 100 W to an end-fed wire directly connected to the radio. Disks spin up, mysterious boot sequences get kicked off, NSFW images flicker subliminally across the screen (or was that just my imagination?).

Wayne
N6KR


> On May 6, 2019, at 7:22 AM, Charlie T <pincon at erols.com> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone considered the liability of running very high power mobile?
> What if you're running a KW, and gave a call on 20M.  Suddenly,  the guys
> brakes in the vehicle next to you locked up causing a multiple vehicle
> crash?
> I realize this is an extremely hypothetical and unlikely case, but these
> smart vehicle computer systems can't be all THAT immune to all sorts of RFI.
> 
> I know the cruise control my 2000 Dakota would mysteriously jump 5 MPH if I
> keyed up with only 25 watts on 222MHz. 
> It would return to it's previous setting when I un-keyed.   VERY
> disconcerting eh?
> 
> 73, Charlie k3ICH