Solar Generator Project Update 06JAN2019
Hello Operators. Here are few new pictures from the DIY solar generator project. Today I got the Headway pack put together. 4S3P 45,000mah. This solar […]
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DIY Portable Solar Generator update
Hello Operators Small update for the solar generator project. All the Headway LiFePO4 cells have arrived. That makes 12x, 15ah 40152s LiFePO4 cells. This gives […]
DIY Portable Solar Generator 12v 576wh LiFePO4
Hello Operators Portable 12 volt power is critical to the field radio operator. Normally we use small lightweight battery packs to power our HF Radios […]
Digi Mode Ham Radio Hat for Raspberry Pi
Hello Operators For you Raspberry Pi users, It looks like we finally have an audio codec, GPS, real time clock, and native data ports on […]
Too few Operators or station problems?
I recently posted the image at the top of this post to a user group in Facebook, in response to the complaints about low activity […]
JS8Call 0.9 Release notes
Hi Folks, Thanks for staying patient with me on this one. Build servers were being weird today! Happy to bring you release with simple features, […]
Ham Radio NVIS for Regional Communications
Hello Operators. My buddy Gil F4WBY the Radio Prepper, just published amazing video on Regional Communications using NVIS or near vertical incidence skywave. Like myself, […]
Ham Radio Off Grid with OH8STN
Hello Operators There are often misconceptions about Communications off grid or what off grid actually means. That’s what we’re talking about today. There’s a lot […]
Better Power Distribution for Portable Ops.
Hello Operators We’ve done lots of work on the channel with portable power for portable ops. We’ve even discussed power distribution on the channel but […]
The Cost of Portable Off Grid Solar Power
Hello Operators. The first image you see in this post was taken in Lapland back in August 2018. It’s one of the scenes from The […]