On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Scott Miller wrote:
> the message in question I realized I had mistakenly set the radio to
> transmit at hi power. My guess is the power supply I used just
didn't
> have enough oomph to do that as when I backed it down to lo power I
> transmitted just fine.
You wouldn't believe how many times I've done that. I do most of my
bench testing with a current limited power supply, so that when I plug
in something with a short it doesn't necessarily blow up right away.
I'm constantly forgetting to crank the current back up when testing
radios. I really need a power supply that beeps or something when it
goes into constant current mode.
That's my sentiments, exactly. Been there, done that waaaay toooo
many times too cough, cough.
In a "perfect world", the power supply would talk to you, saying "You
have a short", or "Your load is above your current limit", and, do no
harm. Kinda like a hippocratic oath power supply... ;-) Or, it
could be snide, and say "Hey, dummy! Wake Up!. Turn the current
limit up until your load works, or the magic smoke escapes!".
73 - Dale. KG5LT
