Richard Perez talks (or used to at least) to other offgrid geeks
on 2 meters since he was out it timbucktwo.

Check out the homepower group on http://groups.yahoo.com  We had some HF AE nets on 20 and 40 meters when the bands were decent.  That can happen again of course.

I'm going to veto the editor, and put it on the front page

Ok, it is your right to do so, as with the offgrid TV show thing,  but while it is semi topical it is another step in totally the wrong direction. My personal opinion, of course. Once again, I find myself totally at opposite ends from the proprietors of what constitutes topical info on this board.

You might want to task someone with spam patrol as it does sneek in regularly and is part of the unseen grunt work I won't be doing for awhile.

Rather than raise a stink I think I will just walk away for now.

Anyway, I tried my best. No hard feelings just a feeling of personal loss having failed in trying to herd this beast into a focused and useful resource. Partly mid winter blues partly burnout so carry on and all the best wishes and continue to have fun.

Renewably yours;

Networking all the Amateur Radio operators for A.E. (Wind Gennie building in particular) is a very good idea. There may be a lot of Amateur Radio folks that will decide to put a gennie on top of that tower along with that dipole or beam antenna : )

And to the Editors of Fieldlines out there at large... You do great work. I realize it's a delicate balance of keeping FL focused while at the same time allowing it to grow with some diversity and vigor while keeping it aimed at building those gennies ! Great work.

Also for your continued patience of allowing newbies to come aboard and feel part of the group by asking simple questions that may indeed be buried deep within the forum discussion archives. The thing this accomplishes is giving them a sense of contact, a sense of live one on one encouragement... Something that archive reading alone does not facilitate.

May everyone have Sunny skies, a stiff breeze and maxed out amp meters : )

 I had that thought right after I pushed the post button .

My first thought was Remoteliving /comunications.

I get a bit excited  when I here some one has got there ticket.
Used to help with classes and tests.    

New here but have been lurking about for quite some time. Great site and a veritable wealth of info... Thank you

Been a ham for 48 years.

Way back when, alternate or re power was always a part of the ham radio world as far as
providing emergency communications to the community.

Disaster areas typically had power lines wiped out..thus, genertors, wind, solar power
was used..Heck if we could get power from rubbing two sticks together we would..or was that to make fires..?

In any case..I have an air403 (before I found out about "the otherpower group") up on
top of my beam that is on top of my tower at 47 feet. I have hf rigs and 2 meter rigs that have never seen commercial power.

Fountain, MI

I've always wondered about the various uses for an autopatch.  Does ordering pizza violate the FCC rules prohibiting using amateur bands for business purposes?

If you're hungry enough maybe it constitutes an emergency?