[Elecraft] Solar Panels

[Alexandra Carter]

I just got a copy of the ARRL book Emergency Power and I am  
impressed! That stuff may be old hat to some of you, but I'm a real  
noob at this and it looks very good for getting up to speed. Lots of  
basic stuff like Don't let shadows fall across your panel and more  
advanced stuff like charge controller theory and schematics.

Let me get my k1 done then I may well build or at least buy a no- 
frills K2. 73 de Alex NS6Y.

On Jul 3, 2006, at 3:23 PM, <n5ib at juno.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:38:59 -0500 "Don Brown" <DolfinDon at msn.com>  
> writes:
>> I sell the low power solar controller kits.
>
> Just want to add a testimonial for Don's solar charge controller  
> kits. We
> used one at Field Day to run a 12 A-hr battery (RS Jump Starter)  
> with a
> 15 watt panel for the K2,  and also with a set of three 15 watt panels
> and a 100 A-hr marine battery to run the inverter for the logging
> computer - gotta figure out a better, more QRP friendly logger - maybe
> cellulose fiber graphic panels coupled with a manually vectored  
> graphite
> character generator - I'm told they support the full ASCII set and  
> have
> integrated error correction.
>
> Anyway, Don's kit are great - good parts, good boards, and good
> instructions, at a good price...