My Off-Grid & Grid Down Comms Energy strategy
The off-grid ham shack is fully energy self-sufficient, utilizing solar, wind, and other power sources, with a focus on low current devices for sustainable communication.
Portability & Mobility
Air Compressors need off-grid power too
Ham Radio LiFePO4 battery powers 4500psi air compressor off-grid!
Man-Portable HF Antenna strategy
For the off-grid field radio operator with limited weight & carrying capacity, what antenna options do we have? Actually, quite a few! Let’s talk about […]
Pocket Portable Solar Generator for Ham Radio
A Pocket Solar Generator for portable ham radio, on today’s episode of OH8STN Ham Radio Hello Operators.Today we are talking about ultra.lightweight portable power for […]
Ebike Solar Charging How to
The post provides a detailed guide to creating a portable solar charger for an e-bike using only solar panels, a charge controller, and the e-bike battery. The system is lightweight and doesn’t need an inverter. It details two scenarios: charging the e-bike battery while stationary, and using one battery while charging a second. Additionally, it explains the concept of pedal-assist, the role of a boost charge controller, and how to achieve off-grid e-bike charging.
Portable Ham Radio Motivation
Hello Operators.These are a series of portable ham radio station clips. Their purpose is inspiring and hopefully motivating ham radio operators, to build & ultimately […]
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 […]
The best ham radio antenna?
Hello operators. Every now and then I receive a questions like; What’s the best antenna? Which one do you prefer? Is this antenna better than […]
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 […]