I am trying to improve my satellite receiving capability but find it interesting that I can not find anything in the IC-910 literature that specifies how much current the radio can supply for a pre-amp. It is also interesting to note that they do not specify the current drawn by their pre-amps, or their noise figure.
I want to use ARR preamps but can not determine if the radio can safely supply the 200 ma they want. I would certainly not want to damage the radio trying to improve the hearing. I assume that there is someone on this reflector who is using those pre-amps on a 910 and confirm that it works or does not work.
The other question might be is it safer to power the pre-amps from a separate supply. This might make it safer when reversing the up and down bands.
Gene WB2LLP