John, do you have a web address for the alphatronics converter? thanks
eric--- In amelyachtowners@y..., "hollambyuk" <hollamby@c...> wrote:
--- In amelyachtowners@y..., asm283 wrote:
Hello I hope everyone had a great new year. I would like to get some fedback as to the type of SSB radios that are out there. I have A SM 2000 I would like to install an SSB. I have looked at the Icom.It seems to be the most popular. The place where I see the installation most often is under the radar. On my boat the pannel that would be removed is the one that has the Amel logo. I like that piece of wood and I dont want to remove it. Has anyone found a good another way of mounting the radio.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Vito Ciaravino<br>SM#283 Wanderer
Two possible solutions. Either mount the radio on brackets beneath theinstrument panels or remove the logo panel and hinge it.It is held in place by four screws from behind and also fixed with double sided sticky tape. It can be prised of carefully and hinged to let down on a stay and held closed with a small piece of industrial velcro or something similar. I will try to post photos when we get back to Bali Hai in Malta
next
week. The SSB can be supplied with 12 volts from an isolated Alphatronics switchmode converter a a fraction of the cost of the type supplied by SSB companies. Cosider having a ham set instead of an SSB. It can be programmed for the SSB chanells and is much
easier
to retune when the net controller suggests moving up to another frequency. It is also much cheaper,typically about 600pounds stlg.The output will only be 100 watts max as opposed to 150 with
an
SSB but in practice this makes no difference to performance.
