HAM Radio - Solar Panel Tracker UPDATES SHTF

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Some updates
1. Homemade Solar Panel Tracker so I can manually adjust the 45 watt solar panels at the sun throughout the day.

2. I am a licensed Amateur Radio Operator - Technician Class

3. Modifications to my Portable HAM Radio Station

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[katzcradul]

My 9 year old daughter wanted to watch your video (not allowed to watch Youtube unless I'm present). She has her technician's license. She's studying to get her general. She said when watching your video, "Dude! He must have the perfect antennae for the 10 meter!" Whatever that means. I don't know anything about ham radio. She also said, "He should get a car battery because it supplies 12 volts and he could run his radio off that. 73's ." 

[offthegridsurvival]

@katzcradul Your daughter sounds like a very intelligent little girl... It sounds like her mind will make her daddy alot of money later on in life... You can tell her the antenna I'm using is a vertical solarcon A99 that has been tuned to 10 meters... and the power pack I'm using is a 12 volt battery.. You should get involved in the hobby to support you daughter (and you might even like it ;-) Its a very good hobby as well as a great tool in the event of an emergency... Thanks for the comment..

[USNERDOC]

Congrats on the HAM radio license!

I am a new HAM as well.

73's

KF7ETX

USNERDOC

[offthegridsurvival]

@USNERDOC thanks doc... been watching your travel vids... Tell Nutnfancy I said hello... ;-)

[radiobigman47]

good to see you passed your test and yes 10 meter is ben doing good get you a yaseu ft897d i have one and i love it 160 to 70cm all mode so you can run ssb on vhf/uhf so if SHTF you can go to ssb and not be on fm wear 90% of vhf/uhf other's like to talk . 73's kc9kuh

[offthegridsurvival]

@radiobigman47 those yaesu's are very nice, but expensive... I just ordered a complete 2 meter radio (Radio Shack HTX-252) for $65 (S&H included) off qrz . com

I'm going to eventually going to upgrade to a bigger and nicer rig, but in the mean time, these will get me by... 73s

[RebNinerOne]

@n2kto Ummm..doesn't D-STAR add about $300 to the cost of an amateur radio? Reliability through redundancy! IMHO, an amateur radio op is muchbetter off buying several top quality radios for $250 apiece (VX-6R is a nice option) than to sink $750 on that D-STAR HT with the gps mic. The D-STAR mobiles are expensive enough that you should consider an FT-817nd and have HF, 6m,2m, and 70cm. I can work all over US and W Europe with 817, low 40m dipole and tuner (on ssb, not CW)

[CigarJunkie]

Get yourself a 80Ah AGM battery for the deep cycle capability and limited gas generation. Much better than a wet-cell car battery which isn't designed for deep discharge. A solar controller for your panels to recharge said 80Ah AGM battery. ;)

If you're running that radio at high wattage (50w or greater) that cig lighter cable for power may not be enough.

I run a Yaesu 857D off a similar set up with two 30w stainless steel solar panels and a solar controller running on an AGM battery.

[JeffTheCanuck2]

This channel rocks....

[n2kto]

Make sure you purchase a DSTAR radio because you will be able to talk all over the world. You will be able to do normal FM as well.

[GatheringSticks]

@offthegridsurvival

yeah...check" theotherwhitemeat83's" Channel has a homemade

sun tracker on a sloar panel.

[GatheringSticks]

@offthegridsurvival I seen an auto tracker for solar on someones

site. Maybe Greenpowerscience. I do some looking and get

back to you.

[katzcradul]

My 9 year old daughter wanted to watch your video (not allowed to watch Youtube unless I'm present).  She has her technician's license. She's studying to get her general. She said when watching your video, "Dude! He must have the perfect antennae for the 10 meter!" Whatever that means. I don't know anything about ham radio. She also said, "He should get a car battery because it supplies 12 volts and he could run his radio off that."