[Mobile-Portable] Re: How To Get Rig Power in Rental Car?

[john]

there was a article in either qst or cq, within the past couple of years 
that deals with this situation..
the basic of the article was to go to the   was to clip a  short 12 volt 
line to an un used, or not use that much  used terminals in the under/in 
dash fuse box
good luck  73
john w8wej
kd4e wrote:
> Excellent!  Will see if I can use #10 for a little less loss and use 
> the shortest possible cable.  Thanks!
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>> On most cars the hood is not sealed near the front window and the 
>> cable will pass through easily.  I have not had any problem with the 
>> cable going through the door seal. The seal is usually quite soft and 
>> flexible.  I believe the cable that came with my radio is # 12.  I 
>> have measured the voltage drop with the stock Icom cable to be about 
>> 1 volt at 20 amps.
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>> 73,
>> Rich
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