That's interesting. Do you know if the 5000A has the same characteristics? I was thinking of running mobile in my 24' I/O boat this summer for a couple of nights. I'd like to be able to use the 5000 without having to run the engine all the time.
As long as I'm asking the questions, I was going to pick up one of those Hi-Q antennas for the boat. Does anyone have any good suggestions for a ground plane on a small (24') fiberglass boat? Thanks. Chris KA1GEU -----Original Message----- From: "Ken Simmons" <k...@flex-radio.com> Subject: [Flexradio] Flex-3000 voltage requirements To: "FlexRadio reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Message-ID: <018901c9d89c$88e55b00$7614a...@ken> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response All Flex-3000 users: The dropout voltage of the 5V regulator is 2.5V, all the lower voltage regulators are LDO types. I have completed a few simple low voltage tests, the production calibration tests all pass at ~11.4V. The preamp is the only non-regulated voltage active component in the receive path and has .3 dB less gain at this reduced voltage. Tested the transmitter on 20mtr USB with a recorded wavefile: Info panel reads ~10.7 V, Powermaster wattmeter: 83W (Tune @100 drive level) and listened on a F5K audio sounded same as full voltage of 13.8V. The Flex-3000 was used mobile traveling from Austin, Tx to the Dayton, Oh Convention, and return trip operating as K5FRS, with no technical problems, although band conditions were not the best. Ken Simmons, K5UHF FlexRadio Systems Senior Design Engineer 13091 Pond Springs Rd. #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-692-9044 "Tune in excitement!" T _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/