When I got my Icom 756 Pro III about six years ago or so, the Icom PS125 was part of the deal. HRO (or, Icom) was offering the PS125 as a free add-on to the Pro III purchase.
I thought that was cool because of the common look&feel of the two sitting side-by-side. But, that feeling lasted only a few days when I started being bothered by the fan. Until then, I really had no fan noise problems. I complained to HRO thinking that I got a lemon but they assured me that the noise I was hearing was likely normal as they have noisy fans there in their rig setup at the store. So, eBay came to the rescue and I sold the PS125 for $150. I am not sure if the buyer got a deal or not given that it was roughly half the retail price and less then a month old and yet it was noisy too. But, he never complained to me. As for me, I have two nice Astron RS-35M linear supplies and they are nice and quiet. Plus, since I moved them under the bench on a little shelf of their own, I never really know that they are there. I have two nice DC distribution panels up on the bench top for my rigs to feed from the power supplies. 73, phil, K7PEH On Jul 2, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: > AC0H> I really don't understand the hubbub about having a matching > power supply > ... > AC0H> I just don't see it. A power supply is a power supply. They > are commodity items. > > Simply a desire to have one match the rest of the station. I like that > Elecraft made the K3, P3 and KPA500 match. They put considerable effort > into that design, and did so deliberately, and it works. Some people care > about aesthetics, and some don't. Kudos to all of them; to each his own. > > --Andrew, NV1B > .. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
