Hate to say, but Ravi took the words right out of my fingers.
From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ravi Ratnala via BVARC Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 15:05 To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] Best buys in portable generators? Oh, I apologize - I forgot to address the muffler question. An excellent muffler addresses part of the noise issue, but not all of it. A large portion of the noise also comes from the mechanicals themselves directly acting as transducers. So, all of the "quiet" generators have their mechanicals enclosed in soundproofing and baffling. This increases cost over a basic fuel tank+engine+generator mounted in an open frame. Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC wrote: I don't know. I've never been able to justify buying a generator, I've only noticed the prices as I gazed longingly over the power equipment aisle at Lowe's. I almost didn't send that email because it doesn't answer the question, but I decided to in hopes that someone with actual experience would be able to address the cost issue. I would think that nearly all of the acoustic noise comes from the engine driving the generator, so how quiet the thing runs would depend strongly on how good the muffler is. I wonder if people sell aftermarket mufflers for those little engines to make them quieter. A quick google check shows that they do, and they're under $100. On 10/15/2014 09:26 PM, Scott Royall wrote: And how quiet were those $150/KW generators? From: BVARC [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 20:57 To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] Best buys in portable generators? I have looked at generators for a while, and I normally expect to see prices on the order of $100-$150 per kilowatt and that's like $400 per kilowatt, and you can buy a lot of extension cord for the price difference. On 10/15/2014 08:15 PM, Matthew Miller via BVARC wrote: Northern Tool and Equipment… <http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200623983_200623983> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200623983_200623983 Much better deal than a Honda and you can daisy chain together ! Mine is super quiet and runs perfect ! Sent from Windows Mail From: <mailto:[email protected]> Michael Wrenn via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:06 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> McClure, Rob K, <mailto:[email protected]> BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Keep in mind, the more you pay, the quieter the generator will be, the easier it will be to hear those far off contacts. You get what you pay for, within reason. Seven Three, Michael - K5WRN <http://www.qrz.com/db/K5WRN> http://www.qrz.com/db/K5WRN On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:30 PM, McClure, Rob K via BVARC < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: Hello all, Closed on my ham friendly QTH in Woodville TX and starting on Oct. 24th will start stringing some nice wire antennas until I can get a tower up. I would like to back everything up with a portable generator which would also be nice to have for roving, and park work. Opinions: who has the best buys in portable generators? Yamaha prices are right up with Honda now, but now I see Generac, Ryobi and Hyundai all making less expensive but comparable output generators. Thanks in advance for your input. 73, Rob, KC5RET ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information of Cameron and its Operating Divisions. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and delete and destroy all copies of the original message inclusive of any attachments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org -- Jonathan Guthrie ARS KA8KPN -- Jonathan Guthrie ARS KA8KPN _____ _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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