The ARRL answers these questions in a timely manner.
Jim KQ6EA
On 06/16/2016 03:47 AM, Greg D wrote:
Hi folks,
Every year there's always someone with an off-the-wall question about the Field Day rules. Not hearing one yet, it might as well be my turn...
There are different station classifications based on your power source. What class is a station that gets its power from a Battery Electric Vehicle (one with battery only, no gas engine), for example, if I run my rig from the car's 12v Accessory outlet?
Class-C covers a currently-traditional (ICE) car, one with a combustion engine driven generator (alternator) backing up the car's battery.
My car has no such generator, just a really big battery (57kw). If I park the car and run a 12v cable to the operating position at a nearby picnic bench, and keep to 5 watts or less, am I Class A Battery? What if higher than 5 watts?
Puzzled,
Greg KO6TH
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