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 […]
Grid Down Communications
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 […]
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 […]
Why Bespoke Build Portable Power?
Hello Operators Question keeps coming up, “Why bespoke build portable power when we can buy “off the shelf” saving ourselves the trouble?”. It’s very good […]
How to build a Portable Solar Power Generator 12v LiFePO4
Hello Operators From December 2018 through February 2019, I researched, designed, documented, and built a 12 volt, 576wh DC Solar Generator, using LiFePO4 batteries. In […]
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 […]
Global JS8Call Network
Hello Operators Sometimes I wonder if it’s obvious to other operators, why I’m so interested in JS8Call. Certainly I am no fan boy, but I […]
JS8Call FT8Call for Grid Down Communications?
Hello Operators Recently my buddy Gil F4WBY the Radio Prepper, sent a text letting me know he could hear my station on 20m. Although it […]