[Milsurplus] BC-312

[David Olean]

I tried a similar DC -DC converter from China on my RA-10 receiver. I 
located it inside the radio and found that I had to shield the bejeesus 
out of it to keep the digital hash from the receiver input! It ended up 
inside a metal can with bypassing and ferrites all over it.  My unit was 
quite noisy. It is especially troubling when your receiver covers the 
long wave frequencies. Mine ran at 210 volts DC with a 28 VDC primary 
input. Be prepared to shield it in the radio.

Dave K1WHS

On 10/26/2022 8:07 AM, David Stinson wrote:
> I've ordered a couple of these to try:
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08SLFSRL6
> Claimed to source 100mA at 100-230VDC
> with 4-15V input.
>
> I've powered some small receivers with some
> of the older High-Voltage inverters. The
> "Yellow ones" have some birdies and they
> top-out at about 45mA- enough to run
> an ARC-5 at low B+.
>
> We'll see how noisy is this new one.
>
> GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
> P.S.  Another interesting one:
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0992GCCSK
> If you have a small receiver or QRP
> transmitter that sips no more than 40mA,
> this one has a filament voltage regulator
> and will do HV 150-420V.  Has feedback indicating
> that the MOSFET  (IRF840) is a bad Chinese knock0ff
> which can die early (no heat sink compound)
> and if you replace it with a known-quality FET,
> it will then work for you.
>