Field Day

[Alex Fraser]

Connecting to the fuse box input terminal and a nearby ground gave me 8 
volts in the cab.  I got 12 volt with a local ground.  I don't have time 
to foll with it so I connected direct to battery.   I'm making a video 
for YouTube.
Is AMRAD doing FD?  If not perhaps members have other sites they might 
attend?  Who are the big players?

On 6/10/2019 12:13 AM, Alex Fraser wrote:
> Earlier this year I towed my 94 Ranger to the scrap yard.  I had it 
> set up for mobile ops, particularly Field Day.  I pulled the setup out 
> of the old truck before junking it.  I had the 12 volt line running 
> right to the bolts on the battery clamps with inline fuses on pos and 
> neg wires. It was a bit awkward, but worked for 15 years.  I now have 
> a 2008 Ranger and I looked in the engine compartment today for a good 
> hook up point.  There is a large pair of wires (1/4 inch or more) 
> running from the battery 18 inches to the engine compartment fuse 
> box.  They are bolted on and it looks like a good place to hook up.  
> About 2~3 inches away is a ground bold welded to the chassis.   A 
> concern I have is moving the connection away from directly on the 
> battery.  Will RF gremlins be encouraged to mess with the trucks  
> systems?  Should I put chokes on the #6 wire I'm using?  Should I put 
> a capacitor between pos and ground at the trucks fuse box?  I guess 
> going the other way anything I do to keep the radio from putting RF 
> into the truck will also work in keeping truck generated RF out of my 
> rig, is that true?
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