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I have seen several and even the linear ones are way too noisy.
Go with an aston.
Even a returned unit could ber a very good deal.
Lot's of items are returned that have no problem

I wouldn't hesitate to go for a factory refurbished supply.
If you can afford it, spring for meters. It is nice to be able
to look at the voltage adn currentmeters every now and
then just to check that things are normal.

I had an old Clegg rock bound 2 mtr rig that started drawing
about 2 amps on squelched receive. The amp meter showed
me an unexpected load, so I was able to catch a minor problem
before it became a big one.

Terry


OK thanks for the heads up. Some reviews were good but they are too cheap
and I never heard of them either.

Well I cancelled the refurbished one. I'm not paying $58 {shipping and
taxes} included for a fixed one. In that case I take a chance on Ebay for
much less.

Heck an Astron RS-10A went for $22 yesterday. OK this is the story I hear on
looking for newer Astrons. It seems if the power cord is able to be
disconnected from the PSU, it is a newer one. They went in this order from
older to newer.

1] oldest is the PSU's with undetachable power cords with the fuse built
into the radios circuitry. You can't see the fuse or access it unless you
open up the radio.

2] PSU's with undetachable power cords with a screw in type fuse seen on
back of unit.

3] The newest is the power cord is detachable and the small glass fuse is in
back of the radio but it's in the radios powercords receptacle. If you can
get a closeup of the powercords jack, you will see a tiny picture of a fuse
right above the jack. It can be changed from the outside.

One with meters is not a bad idea. I'm still looking. I see an Astron with
no crowbar protection but it has a screw in type fuse and I woud be using a
surge protector anyhow. I read the worst that can happen with no crowbar
OVP, is that the full output voltage can occur during a short.

So it doesn't seem too bad if you have a
a PSU that's maximum output is 15v and you don't have crowbar OVP. The most
your receiver can get hit with is 15v if I am right in my interpretation of
the crowbar protection failing. It does have a fuse that will blow from any
heavy surges.

What do you think? Crowbar that important if you have a fuse??

Lucky