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Old 06-28-2023, 04:56 PM   #1
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Default Ham radio people... power from chassis or house batteries?

While I've got the van gutted, I figure this is the perfect time to plan for the antenna farm as well. I'm planning on putting in one of my spare Kenwood D710s for mobile use, and probably a Yaesu FT-100D for fixed HF use.

Thinking about powering these though.. Wondering if it might be better to power both off the house batteries, as I don't think I'll draw enough with the Kenwood that the alternator won't be able to keep up with it though the isolator, but not sure if that isolator might also cause any kind of odd interference or power issues?

I'm thinking it won't really matter either way, but not having any experience with RV setups, figured it doesn't hurt to ask either.
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