John, I have to say that anything from Harbor Freight has been excellent for me. They are inexpensive and good duty. However, in terms of external power I have found that the tolerance of the Harbor Freight stuff is a bit problematic. Therefore I returned that and bought the one at Home Depot. They do not appear to interfere with any RF issues. So long as I distance them from the antenna. I will tell you that my auxiliary generator from HD provides no issues, nor does the Generac. The Harbor Freight one seemed to be not so kind. My experience and opinion. I hope that helps. Do your own research on this, but that’s just my findings.
Mike-KI5TQJ From: BVARC [mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org] On Behalf Of john Parmalee via BVARC Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022 1:23 PM To: bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: john Parmalee Subject: Re: [BVARC] Portable Generators Fw: Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday Does any one have an opinion on the Harbor Freight knock off of the Honda inverter? I have one, I found it woudn't run the ac in my trailer so it has been on the back shelf. Come to think about it, I was in Harbor Freight a few days ago and didn't see anything but five or six kw units. By the way anything with wheels isn't portable. Reminds me of any TV with handles was portable no mater how heavy. John Parmalee jparma...@aol.com 281-380-3811 K5VGM WI2XLJ In a message dated 4/22/2022 11:28:53 AM Central Standard Time, bvarc@bvarc.org writes: Mark, Honda and Yamaha are true benchmarks. I have a Yamaha Y series 2800 and it has powered two refrigerators, a television, a fan and LED lights during many times of power loss. I use it for DJ work as it is inverter technology. If you’d like more info call me at 832-473-4002. Lee Usry - K5BLU. On Apr 22, 2022, at 9:58 AM, mark janzer via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: Given the tax free weekend, what portable generator would you recommend - sized for field day usage. 73 Mark K5MGJ ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberl...@arrl.org> To: "k5...@yahoo.com" <k5...@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022, 09:50:02 AM CDT Subject: Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday The Texas Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday will occur from Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 12:01 am, CDT, to midnight, Monday, April 25, 2022. The list of supplies and items that qualify appear on the Texas Comptroller's website at: https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/98-1017.php Unfortunately, the tax holiday does not provide exemption from sales tax on the purchase of radios in excess of $75 in value. Perhaps we can persuade a Texas legislator to sponsor an amendment to the law that would extend the tax exemption to permit the exclusion of sales tax on a broader class of amateur radios and related equipment. If you have been planning to purchase a small generator, note the sales tax exclusion does apply to portable generators that cost less than $3,000.00, permitting — depending on brand and where purchased — the acquisition of generators up to 15,000 watts. Be safe. John Robert Stratton N5AUS Director Lee H. Cooper W5LHC Vice Director West Gulf Division -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL West Gulf Division Director: John Robert Stratton, N5AUS n5...@arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to: http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/c650ae024badf86d40af211e4744341f ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
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