PowerFilm R28 Rollable Solar Panels
Hello Operators. By now most of you have seen the DIY solar generator project intro and project build. I specified enough battery storage to power […]
Field Comms
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 […]
Bench test success DIY Solar Generator
Today I’m running JS8Call Solar powered with the Yaesu ft-891. This is the first successful QRO test of the diy solar generator. It has also […]
Grid Down EMCOMM Winter Edition
Hello Operators. Extreme weather and grid failures in various degrees, are a fact of life in many parts of the world. More often than not […]
The Lead Acid Battery Deception
Hello Operators. Today I’m going to put forth a very simple question, about Lead Acid Batteries. Here’s the scenario: We’re building a solar generator, battery […]
Portable Solar Generator DIY 12.8v LiFePO4
Hello OperatorsFrom December 2018 through February 2019, I researched, designed, documented, and built a 12 volt, 576wh DC Solar Generator, using LiFePO4 batteries. In some […]
Solar Storm Forecast 11-18-2018
Hello Operators. Every now and then I mention Tamitha in a post or on the channel. If you haven’t subscribed to her YouTube channel yet, […]
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, […]