Solar Shack

[AbyssUnderground]

Here is an overview of my Amateur Radio Shack. Everything you see in that picture is run from solar to some extent, yes, even the laptop.

Close-up of the 7Ah SLA battery that runs the radio's and a multimeter to monitor the voltage of the battery. This battery is charged by the homebuilt 6w panel I made earlier this year.

Close-up of the power supply, TONO morse decoder, TRIO TR-2200GX crystal rig, Microset power amplifier for 144MHz, SWR/Power meter, 2 PMR446 radios and the KENWOOD TH-75E handheld dual band radio (2M/70CM).

Close-up of my main rig, the Yaesu FT-230R 2M rig and frequency counter. Also has all three multimeters, left to right: 7Ah SLA voltage, 17.2Ah SLA voltage, main array current in (A).

I only just got back on the air recently and im finally making some good use of the solar power Im making. A lot of it goes to waste most of the time unfortunately.

Comments anyone?

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[fungus]

Pretty nice setup! Good to see that you're using all the power you have :-)

[ghurd]

Looks Great!

"A lot of it goes to waste most of the time"

Most people would be quite surprised what a little bit of well planned solar can do.

It is nice to know your panels are still in the sun.

G-

[AbyssUnderground]

Thanks for the comment. The thing holding me back now is the size of my battery. 17.2Ah isnt a lot and after the christmas season I intend to go for 80-110Ah. Ive had my eye on some leisure dual purpose batteries which offer 200 charge/discharge cycles to 60% DOD. More than enough for me since I wont discharge that much, ever, probably.

[tecker]

Next up add a marine battery and a 800 watt  inverter to power some 13 watt curls . Santa says put it on your credit card.