Steve Oncley measured the power draw of a station with a Licor 7500 (1) and with a krypton (2):
stn |
log entry |
volts |
amps |
watts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
13.6 |
1.44 |
19.6 |
|
2 |
13.8 |
0.98 |
13.5 |
A CWEX station consists of:
- Viper CPU, compact flash, usb flash drive
- 1 8 port Diamond Emerald serial card
- Diamond pc104 power supply
- 1 CSAT3, reporting at 20Hz, non-oversampled mode (Ac)
- either
- Licor 7500, reporting at 20Hz
- Serializer in CSAT3 electronics, with CSI Krypton
- Vaisala barometer
- GPS
- two TRH's with fans
- 1 RMY prop
- Wisard base mote
- Cradlepoint CTR350 router, with wifi disabled
- Verizon USB760 cellular modem
The stations are transmitting continuously over the cellular modem.