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Bert Hyman

(Alex) wrote in
:

Could I run any 12-volt item, specifically a 2m amateur
radio, from this,

Probably not. Since it's explicitly described as being a battery
charge circuit, it's unlikely that the voltage regulation would be
particulary good, especially when your rig is in receive mode drawing
little current. The amount of noise on the DC would probably be
pretty bad too.

On the other hand, running your rig from a battery which you charge
from the generator (with appropriate filters and charge and voltage
control circuitry) wouldn't be a bad idea.

With the emphasis on emergency preparedness in the past few years,
QST's been full of articles describing how to do this, and ARRL even
has a book, "Emergency Power for Radio Communications", covering the
subject.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |