[Elecraft] ... and solar power

[WILLIS COOKE]

Your point is well taken Lynn.  Some of us are trying to make a QRP contact from the peak of Mt. Everest, some are trying to survive an ice storm or hurricane, some of us want to catch a giant fish and need radar and sonar to do it, some of us want to crank the diesel on the boat and some want to make a pot of coffee at a primitive deer camp.  We are all wanting to use solar energy and  batteries and we have very different objectives.  We all have in common that we need to understand our options to make the correct choice.
 
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart


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 From: "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" <KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ... and solar power
 

It really depends on what you're trying to do.

A lot of us like to operate portable.  For some of us, that's the only way to get an antenna up.

A small generator weighs a bit over 30 pounds, plus about six pounds for every gallon of gas.

A 65w solar panel weights about four pounds.

It's a lot quieter too.

How far do you want to carry that generator?

-- Lynn

On 11/30/2013 3:33 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:
> All this talk about solar panels makes Green such an ugly color and the smell of gasoline and the roar of an engine seem so much more practical.
>   Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
> K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
> 
> 
> 

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