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| I am relatively new to ham radio. I am wanting to build a base station
| in my bonus room and use some mobile radios up there.
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| Is it feasible to build my own power supply? I know one radio requires
| 13.8 volts and a minimum of 12 amps. I would like to use more than one
| radio though.
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| What about buying one of those cheap emergency jump start pwer cells
| you can keep in your car. Could I just use one of those and keep it
| plugged into the wall charging at all times?
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| I like the idea of building one but not sure if it would cost more that
| way or not. What would I need to build one besides a transformer and
| rectifier?

Ham radio or CB radio? Which license do you have?

A Google for "build your own power supply" got 155 hits.

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