Unreliable??? I have been using the same VS-50M here for over 25 years. It presently powere my K3 and a few other things in the shack. I leave it on 24/7 unless there is a storm coming through. Then everything is powered down & disconnected.
73, Tim - N3XX ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 9:12 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Power Supplies > Good Morning Ya’ll > > This morning my Astron SS-30M (used regularly for 15 years) went south in > a puff of smoke and voltage on the meter was fluctuating around 10VDC. No > damage to the K3. WHEW! I pulled out my Astron VS-50M (haven’t used in 15 > years) and its voltage was also fluctuating a bit (maybe needs to reform > caps?) (I’ll try it later on a ... should I say ... a radio I will not > worry about too much ... or build a load for it). At a local swapfest last > weekend a seller had several Astron power supplies that he was selling as > parts units. He commented that they were unreliable. > > That being said, what are the groups recommendations for a power supply? > > 73, Mike WA5POK > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
