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Cheap Base station power supply

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Cheap Base station power supply

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Was given a hot swap server power supply 45amp
Set it for 13.8v
mounted some terminals and now I have a power supply about the size of half a carton of cigarettes.
Tested it on a 100watt Kenwood. No power dropout at all.

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nosaj wrote: December 30th, 2019, 7:14 pm Was given a hot swap server power supply 45amp
Set it for 13.8v
mounted some terminals and now I have a power supply about the size of half a carton of cigarettes.
Tested it on a 100watt Kenwood. No power dropout at all.

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Sometimes those old switching server supplies are noisy, sounds like you found a good one for radio use.

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Yes and it fits in a pelican box I was just given. So now I have a go box for when I goto the country to visit my wifes parents.
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RV boneyards are good source for anti-splatter 12vdc power supply
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