Steve, Most ham rigs and sure their commerical versions consume vastly more power on receive than the older crystal rigs. However, a few synth rigs like the old RS HTX202 draw low current (20 ma), but most HTs are high, 160 ma vs 20-30 in the older rig.
Many of us who think about emergency ops think about this for their might be a time when AC power will be out for days or weeks. Also since the trend has been to make rigs more like mikes in size this requires smaller and lower capacity batteries. 73, ron, n9ee/r >From: "Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2007/07/12 Thu PM 02:44:13 CDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: crystal/channel element compensation.. > >Just remembered another plus for rock bound equipment - used to be lower >power consumption (before mosfet technology) because it took less power >to run a xtal osc than to run a synthesizer plus a crystal reference >oscillator. Don't know if power consumption is true today, though. >Steve NU5D > >MCH wrote: >> Which is why I specifically said "for the operating frequency" - to >> eliminate the argument you just made. >> >> My point was that crystals are still fine for a repeater - as is >> temperature stabilization - even though modern radios may not use >> either. Sometimes, newer is not better. >> >> > >-- >Ham Radio Spoken Here !!! >EM11ma - South Mountain, Texas > > Ron Wright, N9EE 727-376-6575 MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL No tone, all are welcome.
