Re: FT-100D lowest usable voltage

"Vince Vielhaber vev-iXA9t/[email protected] [FT100]" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.yaesu.ft100
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It must be one of them YMMV things.  Mine starts acting up (relays 
dropping out just under 12v - but I was also using an analog meter. 
Trying to see if the voltage was dropping and the digital was just too slow.

Vince - K8ZW.



On 09/23/2018 04:14 PM, David Struebel [email protected] [FT100] wrote:
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> I've found that my FT-100D starts to act up and drop out at about 11 volts
>
> Dave WB2FTX
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> On 9/23/2018 3:51 PM, Roy Ashkenaz roya-b4T0evRm615ZmPDBg+/6q1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org [FT100] wrote:
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>> I am running my FT-100D (with WSJT-X etc) off of some 12v batteries. It
>> works fine for 1-2 hrs, until at some point, the radio and rig control
>> starts to do weird stuff - seems to be due to low voltage being fed to
>> the radio.
>>
>> Does anyone know from experience what the lowest voltage I should use to
>> run my radio? Specs for the radio show 13.8v +- 10% (1.38v) = 12.42 but
>> it seems like I've run below this voltage.
>>
>> I am in the process of building/buying a low voltage alarm for my
>> batteries (built ones are just a few $$ on ebay) and want to set it to a
>> reasonable value.
>>
>> Thanks, Roy K2RMA
>>
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