[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] NEEDED: GP-7 Bits - Rajah antenna connectors

[Richard Brunner]

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> I still have about half a dozen PE-206-C's left.  However, these are 
> 80VAC/800CPS inverters (27 VDC input, rated 500VA).  I must have sold nearly a dozen 
> of them over the past sixteen years to people who were going to mostly use them 
> to fire up a GP-7, all of whom promised to let me know how high the output 
> voltage could be adjusted under load.  To date, I've heard nada.  So I still 
> don't know whether they could be used to run a GP-6, GP-7, GO-9, etc.

Just speculating:  The input for the GO-9 and TBW is about 700 Watts, so 
since transformers and generators are thermally limited, and 
transmitters are not continuous duty, 500 to 700 VA is not too much of a 
stretch.  Voltage is a more serious question.  If the PE-206 is a 
saturated-pole design you aren't going to get more than 80 volts. If 
not, 110 volts is possible.  My 800-1 is rated at 110 volts, operates 
fine at 120 volts, and can go up to about 150 volts, but I don't know if 
it will support 150 volts under load.  If the PE-206 works it will 
certainly be working hard.

Richard Brunner, AA1P