Month: February 2019
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Solar Storm Forecast 02-27-2019
Hello Operators Tamitha is actually bringing us some excellent news for once. 🙂 Here’s Tamitha the Weather Woman, bringing us the solar storm forecast from February 27th 2019 Published on 27 Feb 2019 A big coronal hole is rotating through the Earth-strike zone over the next few days, sending us some fast solar wind that…
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Sunrun Grid Tied Solar Power Scamming Ham Radio Operators in USA
Hello Operators. Today I’m sharing an article about a company who takes advantage of amateur radio operators. Many of us have a dream of putting solar panels on our homes achieving a completely off-grid home. With any luck that means an off-grid amateur radio station as well. Unfortunately companies like Sunrun make dishonest contracts and…
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Commsprepper Portable AREDN Node on Solar Power
Hello Operators. Commsprepper shared a video demonstrating a portable solar powered AREDN node from a mountain overlooking La Paz Bolivia. This isn’t my normal sort of thing, but Commsprepper seems so passionate about it, I thought I would share it with our community. As usual I’ll add a little bit of my own commentary to…
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Mountain Radio F4WBY 4WD & Long Range VHF 2m
Hello Operators Today I’m sharing my buddy Gil F4WBY, high up in the mountain trails near the French Italian border. Gil puts his Land Cruiser and his VHF radio, to the test. The merger of amateur radio field communications and Overland operating is one I enjoy very much. Last year I also began to merge…
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5 Reasons I don’t use Gasoline or diesel generators yet
Hello Operators Today I’ve got some pushback on the solar generator projects from a very annoying EMCOMM Commando. Some things need to be put on the table. First I need to say I’ve got nothing against gasoline or diesel generators in fact I think they’re magnificent for short-term grid down. I don’t see them as…
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The Real cost of a Solar Generator
Hello everyone. Recently I published a build video for a 576 watt hour solar generator. The community has nicknamed it the STN576. People have also asked about the cost. I didn’t want to publish the costs without an explanation and breakdown comparison, between the Goal Zero Yeti 400 lithium, and Yeti 400 lead acid as…
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LDG Z100+ Custom enclosure
Hello Operators Today’s topic is antenna tuners for portable Ops. Specifically the Z100 plus from LDG. The z100+ is an extremely popular choice for Yaesu FT-857 and FT-891 operators, taking QRO ops man-portable, to the field. Scroll down for instructions Many of you have seen the antenna tuner I use with the Yaesu ft-891. It…
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K-TOR Power Box 50
Hello Operators It’s probably become obvious by now that emergency power, portable power, battery backup power, and the off grid ham shack are all interesting yet critical topics on the channel and blog. In my last video, about the DIY solar generator, someone noticed the pedal generator I used to charge the generator, while sitting…
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K8MRD Portable Power Solution on YouTube
Hello Operators As you’ve probably realized by now, I have a real fetish with inspiring other ham radio operators, to build their own portable or shack power systems. Waking up this morning, I checked my messages and found a tag on Twitter, about an OH8STN inspired battery box, from K8MRD. Outstanding. K8MRD shared his own…
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Episode 189 — 100 Watts and a Wire
Hello Operators. As many of you know I’ve contributed some content to 100 watts and a wire. I’m enjoying that although I really don’t like listening to myself on the radio. Nevertheless this is episode 189 of 100 watts and a wire. Please show some love. Episode 189 February 19, 2019 / Christian Cudnik On…
