[HCARC] Solar Powered Station

[Gary J - N5BAA]

John,

I have a copy of 's book on operating on Emergency Power.  It has an 
excellent section on Solar Power.  If all you want to power is your radio 
shack then Harbor Freight has a 45 watt solar setup that is inexpensive 
(panels, controller, etc) for I think $139.00 now  -  the price goes up and 
down between $139 and $169.00.  If you are wanting a larger system that can 
power significantly more, my neighbor has a good setup.  I have a couple of 
sets of the Harbor Freight kits waiting to power my station.  They will 
power some pairs of 6 volt (hooked in series and parallel) golf cart 
batteries from Costco. Series to get 12 volts, parallel to get power for as 
longer time.   Golf cart batteries are designed to charged and discharged 
more frequently than even Deep Cycle batteries used for fishing trolling 
motors.  They are however more expensive (X2).

This is the month I am going to finally make a purchase of a HexBeam.  I'm 
going to put up a directional antenna if it kills me!!   Lots of people are 
talking about a kit sold here - It's the best price on the net and may be 
almost as inexpensive as making one.  www.k4hex.com/description.asp  They 
even have a Layaway program that lets you buy it over as many months as 
needed.

Gary J
N5BAA

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Weisinger via HCARC
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 11:25 AM
To: HCARC Reflector
Subject: [HCARC] Solar Powered Station

Does anyone in the area have a solar powered station that could give me some 
suggestions and help? I want to incorporate this into my new home.
Thanks.John - W5BGP John WeisingerWeisinger's 
Winerywww.weisingers.com541-621-2864 (cell)ysingers at yahoo.com
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