At 3/6/2006 09:47 AM, you wrote:
>It sure makes a difference when things are designed for low power.
>My whole daniels rig, receivers and transmitters for 2M and 440, draws
>about 80mA at idle. I have a mobile radio that I use for a control
>link, which draws about 300mA at idle.
>
>In the daniels, there's a lot of attention paid to power consumption,
>even the front panel LEDs are turned off unless needed. Audio amps are
>switched off unless in use, pretty much every trick taken to reduce
>power consumption.
>
>The receiver modules each draw 30mA.
With so little RX current draw, I wonder what the spur free dynamic range
of the Daniels RXs is? Usually high dynamic range means high front-end RF
amp collector or drain current & high LO levels, both of which require power.
Bob NO6B
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