<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Yea Les, but ya can't let on ya know....otherwise one day we'll see a big "gordo" Bob-head floatin' in the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>.<BR>--- On <B>Sun, 5/30/10, Leslie Busino <I><Partybug@charter.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Leslie Busino <Partybug@charter.net><BR>Subject: Re: [450] Inching along.....<BR>To: "144.450 Mailing List" <450@lists.vhfwiki.com><BR>Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010, 7:11 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1319057613>He is soooo smart. And yes, I am biased, but he still is smart. Now, on to dinner? It is, after all, 7 pm?!?!?<BR><BR>Bob wrote:
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Today's project now complete.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>12 volts @ more current than I could ever possibly need is now easily accessed via 3/8" binding posts in a Delrin plate mounted to the front of the main shack shelf.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is powered by a pair of "Orbital" style batteries </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>( <A href="http://www.remybattery.com/Products/Exide-Orbital-ORB78DT-84-Starting-Battery__ORB78DT-84.aspx" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.remybattery.com/Products/Exide-Orbital-ORB78DT-84-Starting-Battery__ORB78DT-84.aspx</A> )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>mounted to a shelf in the garage, and fed into the shack via two neatly routed 15' long 1/0 # cables.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This will not only provide "backup power", but will also be the "bench supply" for high current amplifiers as I acquire them or when they "visit" for repairs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dedicated metering of voltage and current to follow, as well as a specific charging system.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The Samlex supply handles these duties for now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On to the next project!</FONT></DIV><PRE><HR SIZE=4 width="90%">
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