[PVRCNC] switching power supply

[kaz]

Hi Will,

If you have not found one yet, I have a Samlex 1223 switcher you can 
borrow.  I've never noticed any noise from it, but the noise level here 
at the house is probably higher than anything coming from the power 
supply.  Right now its the right-side radio supply on a permanent basis. 
  I have an Astron linear supply on loan from NT4D I can use while you 
have the switcher, so thats no sweat.

I can only hear birdies when there is no antenna connected.  The birdies 
on the Astron linear supply are louder and more plentiful - something 
that surprised me.

I bought the Samlex after discovering that the Yaesu fp-1023 is the 
EXACT same device(The Yaesu supply blew up after 7 years).
for more on that see:  http://w4kaz.com/yaesufp1023.html

Except the Samlex is only $89 vs $160 for the Yaesu label. Universal 
radio and HRO carry them I think, if you are in the market for them.

I'm told one of the Kenwood switchers is also really the Samlex with 
Kenwood labeling, but I haven't verified that by looking inside one yet.

The Samlex(and the yaesu before it died) has been great for FD and iota, 
smaller than the K2.


73 de w4kaz