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Month: November 2017

Easy Desktop Charging A123 4S2P LiFePO4 

November 23, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

A viewer asked if I could do a short explainer video showing desktop charging of our latest battery pack. Of course I can! So far […]

K5ACL Adventures – Expedition in West Texas Part 1

November 22, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

I simply had to share this video. K5ACL takes us along on his ham radio adventure to West Texas. The things that captured my attention […]

Portable Power: Wrestling with pigs

November 21, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

Something unimaginable just a couple of weeks ago is reality today. Apparently, there’s a company which believes a more efficient use of its time, is […]

Portable Power: Why simultaneous charging & discharging?

November 19, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

We do a lot of work with portable power on the channel and on the blog, yet there isn’t a day passing, where someone doesn’t […]

BesTech 50A 4S LiFePO4 BMS

November 17, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

I promised to update all of you when the hi-current BMS board for lithium iron phosphate batteries arrived. Well today I received the BesTech 4S […]

Building blocks of a Portable Solar Generator 

November 16, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

I get lots of related questions about the battery pack builds, the solar panels, and charge controllers we see on the channel. There seems to […]

DIY PowerFilm Cables & Connectors for Extreme Conditions 

November 10, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

Now that I have the 20 watt PowerFilm F15-1200 for casual radcomms, qrp hiking, …, and FM16-7200 for the solar powered field station, I thought […]

Telescopic masts – Solar Powered Field Station

November 8, 2017 Julian OH8STN 0

The first of two telescopic masts have arrived. I’ll be using the telescopic masts for two different antennas, on deployment with the solar powered Field Station. Naturally and […]

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