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GMRS radio used in house as base station
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If you are talking hand held, then you just buy a battery pack that connects to your vehicle's cigarette lighter. That battery pack does not have any battery inside, it gets it's power from the vehicle's battery.
For my house radios I use a $18 cctv 20 amp power supply, and turn the voltage adjustment up to 13.8.
The ones we get for camera jobs at work provide a very clean power for it being a switching type power supply.
I removed the internal distribution board that has 18 - 2 amp fuses and spliced in an Anderson Powerpole with a inline fuse. I can run 50 watts with no dip in voltage.
The ones we get for camera jobs at work provide a very clean power for it being a switching type power supply.
I removed the internal distribution board that has 18 - 2 amp fuses and spliced in an Anderson Powerpole with a inline fuse. I can run 50 watts with no dip in voltage.
ChitheadDeSo
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"If you are talking hand held, then you just buy a battery pack that connects to your vehicle's cigarette lighter. That battery pack does not have any battery inside, it gets it's power from the vehicle's battery."
I am actually talking about more for a repeater or mobile unit set in a house as a base station. I am setting up an emergency comms system for the family via GMRS. Of course I will still use it a little with friends who also have their licenses. But I was looking at different methods to create a backup power system for the repeater in case of a power outage. (I am from Louisiana and was in the middle of the floods this past August when the cell towers were down and there was very few places that had electricity. Which is when this whole system began its small beginnings of research.)
I am actually talking about more for a repeater or mobile unit set in a house as a base station. I am setting up an emergency comms system for the family via GMRS. Of course I will still use it a little with friends who also have their licenses. But I was looking at different methods to create a backup power system for the repeater in case of a power outage. (I am from Louisiana and was in the middle of the floods this past August when the cell towers were down and there was very few places that had electricity. Which is when this whole system began its small beginnings of research.)
WQZB703
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Anyone seen those ammo can "GO BOXES' that, Hardened Power Systems makes? The one for they make for the GMRS Micro Mobile is called the, Operator G1 and for larger units the, Scout G1 I believe. Pretty neat set up. With the right antenna, You can take it anywhere from your car, home or camping etc.
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