[Lowfer] Operating from 12VDC battery full time.

[Les Rayburn]

At 02:35 AM 2/24/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I suspect that the attached charger will add noise back into the 14v buss.
>How about solar panels charging the battery during the day and switched out
>at night??? Doesn't Mitch run a solar powered station???
>
>Mike
>http://www.geocities.com/we0h/index.html


I ran lowfer beacon 1LF on solar panels for quite some time, and it worked
well...but I suspect that with a nearly 1 Amp current drain during
receive the Icom will run down a battery quickly unless I used
a massive solar array. For maximum frequency stability, I leave
the Icom on 24/7. I'd estimate that I transmit less than 5 minutes
per day on average and often miss several days without transmitting
at all.

Is there a way to filter the charger's input so that I don't pick up more
noise from it? Someone mentioned putting  a choke on the charger but
no details.

Any and all help appreciated.

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF



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