Dakota Lithium vs Bioenno Power LiFePO4 for ham radio
Hello operators. As many of you already know, there are quite a few portable power Builds on the channel. Sometimes for whatever reason, operators would […]
Portable Power
Portable DIY LiFePO4 Power for Ham Radio Followup
As most of you know, I’ve done several LiFePO4 builds on the channel using lithium iron phosphate cells, for amateur radio portable Communications. Currently there […]
DIY QRO 10Ah LiFePO4 Pack Yaesu FT-891 857 …
Hello OperatorsToday’s topic, portable power for QRO field radios.For the ham radio operator in the field, portable battery power needs to be light enough, small […]
DIY LiFePO4 battery pack for the Yaesu FT-891
Preparing for the next DIY LiFePO4 battery build. This time it’s a 128wh, 50A draw LiFePO4 battery pack for the Yaesu FT-891. Yaesu FT-891 GoKit […]
PowerFilm Solar Tutorials
I get lots of feedback from people saying they get the same value and functionality from “cheap” eBay or Alibaba solar panels as with the […]
Easy Desktop Charging A123 4S2P LiFePO4
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 […]
Portable Power: Wrestling with pigs
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?
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
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
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 […]