I've had the 1223 for 6-yrs no problems except the on/off sw went once, which they shipped me a new one for free. With that batting record, That is what led me to purchase the 1225m for the K-3. We are talking 1000's of hrs. of operating time with lots of on/off gestures.
Of course, everyone has their own experiences indeed. YMMV! In addition, the PowerWerx looks so similar, I'd have to wonder if it isn't also built by Samlex, I know they make them for Rat Shak, and under other names as well! 73 Dwight NS9I On 3/27/2012 11:44 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > Like a Samlex 1235! > > Another noisy, failure prone switcher. Give me the heavy iron *ANALOG* > supply any day. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 3/27/2012 12:23 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote: >> Like a Samlex 1235! >> >> matt W6NIA >> >> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:56:56 -0400, you wrote: >> >>> On 3/27/2012 6:22 AM, Mike Rodgers wrote: >>>> While a 20a supply will get you by for the 100w radio, >>> 20A might get by but the IMD will suffer badly when the supply drops >>> out of regulation on voice peaks. If the K3's current display is >>> showing 16 - 17A steady state at 100W CW, one can be sure the short >>> term peaks in SSB are greater than 25A. >>> >>> Give me a solid 25A CCS/35A ICAS analog supply set for 15.0V on the >>> K3 any day. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> ... Joe, W4TV >>> >>> >>> On 3/27/2012 6:22 AM, Mike Rodgers wrote: >>>> While a 20a supply will get you by for the 100w radio, a 30a will provide >>>> "insurance". As Adrian pointed out adjustable voltage is a plus. >>>> Power distribution strips should be avoided as some have found too much >>>> voltage drop with them. Run the k3 power direct. >>>> >>>> 73 >>>> Mike R >>>> >>>> Play me some fiddle, but no stinkin' violin! >>>> >>>> Amateur/Ham Radio KE5GBC >>>> HF& Echolink mobile >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>>> >>>> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
