Antennas Mast Amp

[vince48]

Greetings,
question, are there any solar powered antenna mast amps in existence?

vince48

 

[jonwienke]

There are plenty of solar/battery options. Find one with enough capacity to power the amplifier of your choice through several days of inclement weather.

 

[Ubbe]

I've heard horror stories about solar panels and their charge circuits that spew out a high level of interferencies in radio frequency bands. Be aware of it as the solar equipment will sit next to the antenna.

Maybe you can use a radio remote controlled switch, or WiFi, to switch off the solarpanel and the charge circuit to run only from battery when you do your monitoring.

/Ubbe

 

[jonwienke]

And distance between the solar charge controller and the antenna is probably a good thing as well.

 

[prcguy]

You could make your own solar preamp setup. A really good preamp might draw up to 150ma at 12v and that would be 3.6AH for 24hrs. A battery in the 12-15AH range should be ok and there are plenty of solar chargers that are quiet. A 50 to 60 watt solar panel should keep things going indefinitely unless your in Alaska.

Put the preamp and hopefully preselector filters in a plastic NEMA box on the tower with the battery and solar charger. I would make sure the battery is sealed and does not vent any corrosive gasses inside the box.

 

[vince48]

Thank you all for your responses. Thanks prcguy

 

[cmdrwill]

prcguy wrote a post on remote mast mounted receiver amps and filters.