Tag: solar powered ham radio station

Portable Off-Grid and QRP Ham Radio

Dec 5, 2021

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Julian OH8STN

in battery power, Field Comms, Field Radio, Grid Down Communications, Ham Radio, Icom IC-705, Is it Off Grid Friendly?, Lab599 Discovery TX-500, LiFePO4, Off Grid Grid Down, QRP, Shelter, Solar Power for Ham Radio

Hello Operators.Today on OH8STN Ham Radio we discuss a portable ham radio camping trip with OH8HUB. We found ourselves hot tent camping during a severe storm. With storm winds battering our shelter, the gusts made It impossible to deploy or capture any solar power. This left us with limited battery power for our off-grid radio…
Off Grid Ham Radio | Portable Winlink

Oct 4, 2021

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Julian OH8STN

in Antenna Testing, battery power, Chameleon Antenna, Data comms, Education, Ham Radio, Icom IC-705, Man Portable Off-Grid Power, Off-grid Comms, powerfilm solar, Solar Power for Ham Radio, Survival & Preparedness

Hello OperatorsIn this mini-episode of off grid Ham Radio with OH8STN, Snapper and I take the Icom IC-705, Microsoft Surface Go2, Chameleon MPAS 2.0 and PowerFilm 100-watt thin-film solar panel on a 17km/10.5 miles hike. We are field testing one of our portable ham radio setups with winlink, off-grid and without internet. The challenge here…