Field Day

[Jacek Radzikowski]

VWS in Burke Lake Park. You'll probably like to see this guy's Jeep.

Jacek
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 5:17 PM Alex Fraser <beatnic50 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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