Gen I Electrical for Ham Radio?

[BigFJR]

I want to put a 65w 2m on the bike drawing directly from the battery and have heard the alternator is a bit weak, relatively, to the Gen II.

My question is about anyone's experience or issues with an amateur radio setup on the Gen I.

Thanks, Troy

 

[bramfrank]

Your transceiver likely pulls less than a couple of hundred ma when not actively transmitting and likely 8-10 amps while you are yacking, which is a very limited percentage of the time. No problems driving that load - even if it pulled twice as much, the battery would supply the current during the transmission and be recharged when in receive.

 

[Bounce]

BTW: The charging system isn't weak. It can do what it was designed to do. It just doesn't bring a lot of excess to it like many LDRiders would like (750 watts should be a minimum).

 

[BigFJR]

Your transceiver likely pulls less than a couple of hundred ma when not actively transmitting and likely 8-10 amps while you are yacking, which is a very limited percentage of the time. No problems driving that load - even if it pulled twice as much, the battery would supply the current during the transmission and be recharged when in receive.

Yes, perfect. I was curious if anyone had had any issues. 7 amps on TX for this one.

People use a car tire on the FJR so maybe a car battery.......

 

[ionbeam]

...People use a car tire on the FJR so maybe a car battery.......

Well, ya know..... when they do police conversions of motorcycles they typically do add a second battery. Check out the utility boxes on the back of these bikes.

 

[BobbyBlue]

Wow, Thanks again Alan. Do you realize if we all bought you a beer for all the cool stuff you throw us, you could start your own lake ? IonBeam Reservoir....nice ring eh? And I'd actually pull over for those guys...intimidating....i mean not in a Ural 3-wheeled 50 caliber sort of way...but i'd definately slow up...

Bobby