Doug, Many (most?) wall warts are unregulated. They may present a much higher voltage than the indicated output when they are not under load. I recommend you check the no-load voltage to be sure you don't fry something in the FT817. You could, of course, put enough resistive load across the output of the 'wart to bring the voltage into a "safe" range when the radio is off. -- 73 -- Brian -- K1LI
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL <[email protected]> wrote: > OK folks, I do own a pair of K3 and a K2...but I also own A Yaesu > FT817. Here is my question.... > > I want to set this up away from the shack, but still in the house, for > RX only (when I'm not in the shack). I have a RS wall wart rated at > 14 watts (12v, 500ma). Is there any reason why I should NOT use this > as the PS? > > Thanks, > de Doug KR2Q > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
