Does anyone know the current requirement of the +-15v feed for the SDR1K? I am interested in bypassing the chopper on mine but want to know how much current it needs.<br><br><br>73<br>Neal<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 6/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tony Langdon</b> <<a href="mailto:vk3jed@gmail.com">vk3jed@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****<br><br>At 05:50 AM 6/12/2007, k5nwa wrote:<br><br>>The problem I see with switchers is that although they could be made<br>>quiet, many do so at different degrees of success, so buying one is
<br>>somewhat of a gamble unless someone else has had experience with the<br>>particular model that one is interested in. With an analog supply on<br>>the other hand, it's a non-issue.<br><br>I'd agree switchers can be a gamble. My experience with cheap
<br>computer switchers is they are highly variable, from quiet to<br>noisy. On the other hand, the 40A switchmode I use in one of my<br>shacks is quiet as a church mouse. One of the local hams actually<br>disassembles his and found at least 5 separate stages of
<br>filtering. On HF, there were some birdies that were barely<br>detectable with no antenna on the radio. When the antenna was<br>connected, the HF noise floor swamped any noise from the power<br>supply. My experience is identical.
<br><br>OTOH, the difference in heat dissipated and the light weight of the<br>power supply are readily apparent. The supply powers a small<br>repeater, and it's nice to not have to worry about how hot the thing<br>is getting. The previous linear supply used to have a 5" fan aimed
<br>at its heatsink to ensure proper cooling.<br><br>Another subtle thing - a common failure mode of linear supplies is<br>for the pass transistor to fail shorted, so you need a good crowbar<br>to protect the radios. Switchmode supplies most commonly fail with
<br>no output, so if it smokes, the radios have better odds (though like<br>everything else, there is always the possibility of linear supplies<br>failing dead and switchmode ones putting excessive voltages onto the<br>supply rails, as anyone who's had computer parts fried by a wonky
<br>power supply can attest to.<br><br><br>>Hopefully as people try out different models they will publish their<br>>results so a list of good switchers can be compiled.<br><br>Well, once a good switcher is identified, that's what I intend to go
<br>with for weight, space and power consumption reasons. Just have to<br>find a suitable one that's as quiet as the big bench<br>supply. Speaking of which, I've seen another 13.8V bench supply<br>(switchmode) come onto the market - the other shack is likely to get
<br>one of those, and the linear supply retired to light duty elsewhere<br>in the house. :)<br><br>73 de VK3JED<br><a href="http://vkradio.com">http://vkradio.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________
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