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Triple9
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 2:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i need some info about a t-star 500, I will be running a general lee dead keying 4 watts, driving a t-star old type mod with 2290, to drive the t-star 500. About much wattage should the 500 swing with the mod driving it?
swr is 1.3 or lower,
500 will be running off a 850 cca battery with a 10 amp battery charger, ----will this be enough juice to run the 500? and how many watts of dead key into the 500 from the mod?

thanks, johnny
Triple 9
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307
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

As for the power supply , it should be plenty. I run a Texas Star 500 in my car and it does a cool 400 watts peak. It is a real work horse and I have had mine for about 6 years, never broke yet..

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Crafter
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I would get a bigger battery charger at least a 40 amp.
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Triple9
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 6:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

what about the dead key into the 500 from the modulator?
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Ss8541
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

you don't need a driver at all. the 4w carrier swinging to the max pep(and really not even that much) of the general will work best with the 500.
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Sparkomatic
Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 4:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You should get 375-400 PEP with just the drive from the radio.........500+ PEP with the drive from the TS Modulator.
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Crafter
Posted on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 1:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Spark check the 775 palomar and the 667v out first for the money anyway.
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Sparkomatic
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 8:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Crafter....I bought a 775V a while back for SSB operation and I like it. It has smaller finals than the TS 500 but the output and audio quality on SSB is great.
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Crafter
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 2:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Im looking into another 667 or 775...For the other car.

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