Let me clarify - this is a Mid Power Mastr II station, however, it has a high power P/S (original 15 amp power supply was repurposed).
This factory supply at no load typically sits around 15 VDC with 121 VAC input. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Doug Bade <[email protected]> wrote: > Mid power Mastr II stations used 15 amp factory power supplies...100w > stations used 30 amp power supples.. > so.. probably less than 15 amps.. maybe 10-12.. > > Reducing the voltage to 12.8 from the batteries will significantly > lower the output power relative to 13.8v power supplies too..Factory > power supplies are designed to collapse on voltage to about 12.5 vdc > or so..at rated power load... > > Doug > KD8B > > At 03:08 PM 2/10/2009, you wrote: > > >Ok, the Elmer fully retuned the Mastr2 mid power repeater on Sunday > >and has it tuned for roughly 26 watts out of the P/A... This is a 40 > >watt P/A. What will this station typically draw current-wise? Right > >now it's fed off of a 30 amp supply (major overkill) but we'd like > >to have a rough idea on amp draw to calculate standby time off of > batteries. > > > >Thanks! > > > >-AJ, K6LOR > > > >On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:45 AM, AJ > ><<mailto:[email protected] <aj.grantham%40gmail.com>> > [email protected] <aj.grantham%40gmail.com>> wrote: > >Charles: > > > >Any idea what your current draw was when you had it tuned down to 10 > watts? > > > >I've been doing the alignment directly off of the exciter (250 mw > >off of the RCA jack on the drawer) but the power output doesn't > >match the needs of the mobile usage. > > > >Thanks! > > > >73s, > >AJ, K6LOR > > >
