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On 07/21/2015 09:38 PM, Spacefalcon the Outlaw wrote:
> no explanation as to how
> much current or power draw one should expect when putting out the Tx
> signal power level


OK then.  5.5V X 2.5A is your power to deal with briefly.

If barrel connectors with their trough holes seem a hassle,
then just about any connector with two pins for + and two pins for return
will do...  I don't know a good rule of thumb for connector  pin currents
and sizes.  Mill-Max company might have good info on that for theirs, and
other kinds of pins might be less able, depending on gold plating and
heat flows and what-not.