[Mobile-Portable] follow-up - 101ZD in mobile

[K0DAN]

Scott...

Glad you had some success.

However, sorry to say, but you are starting to put one band-aid on another.

The inverter was the first band-aid. OK, it works, but now you have RFI, and
it appears the the inverter is barely handling the current load (works OK
intermittent duty, SSB, but pukes on tune-up).

You might have some luck with the RFI by installing ferrites on all your
power & control leads (more band-aids), and putting time/effort/money into
grounding.

Your inverter alarm issue will probably not surface for another year or
two...until your connectors and wires start to have some corrosion and the
resistance goes up. Or, if you happen to add a few more devices to the power
supply output. The inverter alarm is trying to tell you something.

By all means try all this in the car...it is a totally different envrionment
than the house, garage, even parked in driveway. When your car is in motion,
it is a whole new set of variables!

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I've been there...getting enough
Volts x Amps, a quiet environment, an antenna the radiates, etc., etc., is
not easy. Wish it was.

Good luck & 73

Dan
K0DAN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Oakland" <soakland at verizon.net>
To: <mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: [Mobile-Portable] follow-up - 101ZD in mobile


>
> Hi -
>
> Thank you to all who responded, great suggestions.......I got a "battery
> booster" 12VDC supply - a JUMPER 1000 by Century (rated at 1000 peak amps)
> and hooked up the rig to it (I wasn't in the car but the house) and all
> went well - no more constant alarm squealing from he inverter!, except fI
> did experience 1) inverter alarm sounding when I tune up the rug, but not
> when on SSB, and 2) plenty of EMI/RFI hash from the inverter.
>
> Any suggestions on how to cure the hash? I heard that Isobar EMI line
> filters work well. I have got to try this in the car with the mobile
> antenna to see if I experience any grounding issues first, but wanted to
> get some feedback on the RFI/EMI first.
>
> Tnx
> Scott W1AL
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