Hi Clark,
I'm a member of ARES and have been intrigued by the idea of going with a
deep cycle marine battery.
I tested "our" Corsair with a fully charged 7 amp hr gel cell and got a
report of a little "flutter" that went away when I switched to the Astron.
I hope to be on the air mobile from CT in the upcoming NEQP and I think I
will get a deep cycle battery and the booster just to be safe.
I'm wondering - did you do much ssb with the battery or mostly cw?
When I key the mic on battery I can see some frequency searching on the
readout. With a power supply, the readout will stay stable about half the
time and will be a little unstable the rest of the time on transmit. The
readout is stable on receive, and then fluctuates a bit when keyed. Is that
okay?
tnx,
Bob KB1CIW
P.S. is anyone wants to sell a used booster, contact me off list.
At 06:33 AM 4/19/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Just a thought (though you may already have had the same thoughts, it
>is worth a moment!)
>
>1. Check your power cables for voltage drop (improve them as a matter
>of course)
>2. Check your power connectors for voltage drop (use a bit of DeOxit
>or something on them)
>3. Measure the voltage somewhere inside the radio and also at the
>power source to see exactly what the drop looks like, it could help you
>find a simpler solution.
>
>If I recall correctly, my Corsair (isn't this the one you have Bob?
>:-) worked fine from a Marine Deep Cycle battery, even with the Herc II
>attached (at full charge). There may be hope that the Corsair should
>hang in to reasonable voltages. However, I've had a few Scouts around
>and they are not so forgiving.
>
>I believe the battery booster is a great idea regardless, but the
>voltage drop is an easy problem to look for and cure in most cases!
>
>Clark
>WA3JPG
>
>
>O
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