i’ve been a user of 48 volt gear for decades in my day job but it is not what the average consumer can easily access.
Sent from my iPad > On Nov 5, 2019, at 12:19 PM, Phil Kane <k2...@kanafi.org> wrote: > > On 11/4/2019 1:24 PM, Rick Bates (WA6NHC) wrote: > >> Perhaps since that is the standard voltage for cars, trucks, RVs and other >> vehicles. > > Commercial communication base-station equipment has been standardized at > -48 volts(*) for quite a while and actually needs to use a voltage > converter for the odd-ball +12 V or 120V AC equipment that has to be run. > > (*) -48 volts has been the telephone industry standard since Ma Bell was > a teen-ager! > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest > Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to w...@w2xj.net > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
