[SixClub] Re: [Was: 6 meters lives!] Electric cars and RF?

[Roger (K8RI)]

kd4e wrote:
> Anyone know if the electric cars are RFI noisy
> or clean and if they are vulnerable to near-field
> rf?
We have a hybrid and it's as quiet as a mouse...smell better too.
The only problem I've seen with electric cars besides the price (for the 
real ones, not toys) it the lack of electricity to power accessories.  
It's much like the  "Water, water, every where and not a drop to drink" 
although that may be an apt description for much of the Midwest after 
yesterday and last night.  There are flood warnings from a good portion 
of souther Michigan almost all the way to Colorado.  But at-any-rate, 
our Hybrid which really does get over 45 MPG pretty much year around 
with all around driving has a really anemic 12 volt system for powering 
accessories such as the TM-V7A in my wife's car.  I wanted to run direct 
to the battery but as they thing is about large enough to start a small 
lawn mower the dealer cautioned against the direct connection. So I'm 
thinking of a relay so the radio will be powered directly from the 
battery but dropped when the ignition is off.  It wouldn't take long at 
all to run that little battery down if you forget and leave the radio 
on, which I've done too many times to count in my 4-Runner and it did 
pretty much completely discharge that big battery. So I doubt the little 
one would last long at all.
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> Living in the sunny south we are seriously considering
> an electric car - free recharge via the sun - once
> the prices come down some.
But, man are those solar cells expensive!  OTOH they are getting the 
range and load of those cars up to something useful.  However even in 
the sunny South West it's going to take a pretty hefty solar array to 
fully charge a bank of batteries good enough for a 100 mile plus range 
and haul a good load of groceries.  Of course as we shift to using more 
electricity the rates will go up accordingly as the grid is running 
close to max capacity as it is.
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>> Just wait till bed time & all heck will break loose (Or at least that
Yup. Nuther population explosion coming as when people can't afford to 
go any where there's almost an immediate rise in the birth rate.
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>> has been my experience the past week or two & with gas at $ 3.869 at
Man! You have cheap gas.  It's well past $4.00 (bout $4.12 to $4.20) 
here. Of course any one in Europe will tell us who cheap we still have 
it<:-))
>> the local Valero, firing up the truck to make some 6m QSO's is
>> getting mighty expensive.
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>> 73
>>
>> Howard KE5APJ  -   EL29gq
OTOH you should try feeding a 470 Cubic inch Continental or even worse a 
540 when the 470 burns about 14 gallons an hour. <:-))
No wonder my wife isn't complaining about the money for ham gear while I 
stay home chasing DX.

73

This was only posted to the six meter club as all the others would just 
give me bounce messages.

Roger (K8RI ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R (World's oldest Debonair)
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