Solar Generator

[John_S]

Bloody near building PCs into radios.

Anyone know of any decent "low-overhead" units, offhand?

The Xiegu G90 isn't a bad little radio with low power consumption, if all you need is HF capability. There's a waterfall display, excellent built in tuner, and the price is reasonable.

 

[prcguy]

Instead of buying an expensive Jackery or similar with built in AC inverter which may not be needed, why not build your own 12V portable pack? You can build to your needs in battery capacity and radio connections like Anderson Power Poles, etc. A 100AH Lithium Iron Phosphate battery is not that heavy and you can fit it inside a Pelican case with connectors and a volt/amp meter on the side of the case plus a solar charge module inside.

 

[rf_patriot200]

Looking at a Grid Doctor 300 to run some radios when the power is out , up on a mountain just testing or field day etc. This "generator" has a 320 wh battery . how long will it run a 10 watt radio' assume 25 percent of the time transmitting and the 75 percent receiving so 15 mins transmitting and 45 receving out of 1 hr. I would think it could run it a few hours ? 3 or 4?? tks

I do the same thing, but use a Jackery 500 instead. Duty cycle for transmitting, power output, number of accessories will all vary your operating time. Also, don't use the inverter if you can go DC to DC.