Hi Mike: Thank you for sharing about the Bulldog supplies. I have never heard of them before. My first reaction to the pictures is sooo ugly only its mother would love it. The spec sheets are clear but leave out a few things. Maybe you know.
If it is a switcher what is its noise specification? The mounting tabs look like they would scratch the desktop. Are there rubber feet? Where are the power pole connectors? I guess you would run it with a Rigrunner. I didn't see any mention of certifications. UL? CE Mark? I like to buy American. Where are these made? 73 Fred, AE6QL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supplies I recently purchased a Bulldog RDC-55 55A power supply from Rivergate Distributing. It's compact, runs cool, is very quiet, looks good on an oscilloscope and was designed to be used in a high-RF environment. I cannot honestly state that I have been running it for twenty years without a problem, but those that have seem to find them trouble-free. I think it's a shame that more people don't know about them. .. http://www.rivergatedist.com/PowerSupply.htm Mike Alexander - N8MSA [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- On 5/6/2012 6:12 AM, [email protected] wrote: 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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

