[Lowfer] WM "green"

[N8OOU]

Mike, J.B. and others;  No I mis-typed that. I should have written 900 
mW. It is fluctuating around 50 mA at 18V. I re-read that post several 
times before sending it and didn't catch the typo. I don't think my 
output efficiency is that great yet so the amount of RF going into the 
antenna is less than the typical beacon.

Mike - OOU

73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek

On 01/13/2015 03:22 PM, Michael Sapp wrote:
> Mike: Is the RF input power to the WM lowfer antenna 100mw?
>
> 73, Mike tts
>
>
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>> Hi J.B. I'd be happy to, it is a simple setup, nothing fancy.
>>
>> I have a 5 watt, weather proof solar panel, which is primarily
>> intended to keep an automotive battery topped off.  It is/was
>> connected to 12V 4.5AH and 6V 4.5AH gell cells connected in series to
>> give me 18V to run the beacon P.A.
>>
>> My first problem was after running "green" for several days, I found
>> the 6V battery fully dead and in a reverse voltage condition. The
>> source of this problem was the Chinese manufacture of the solar panel
>> put a nice blob of solder on the ends of the wires, then just crimped
>> the alligator clips on the wire insulation using the blob to keep the
>> wire from pulling out.
>>
>> I had used that panel/battery combination last summer to run the
>> electric fence charger on my garden. With the connections weathered
>> now, there was no electrical connection to charge the batteries.
>>
>> I am currently running charge / discharge test on the batteries to see
>> if they are still good. They are a couple years old so I may be making
>> a trip to the battery store.
>>
>> I am hoping that 5W solar panel has enough "Cloudy Power" to keep the
>> batteries ahead of the 100 mW P.A. I you want, you can read about
>> "Cloudy Power" here ==> http://n8oou.meekfarm.us/SolarPowerProject.html
>>
>> I need to make sure this setup works because my final beacon location
>> will be about 1/4 mile from the house and AC power.  I hope that's the
>> detail you were looking for.  Thanks
>>
>> 73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek
>>
>> On 01/13/2015 01:40 PM, John Bruce McCreath wrote:
>>>>   Factory connections on the solar panel were not properly soldered.
>>>> That kind of thing.
>>>>   I had to switch the PA power back to commercial while I sort out
>>>> the "green" problems.
>>>
>>> Hi Mike....can you share with us details of your solar system?  My
>>> entire shack runs off an
>>> array of twelve panels on the garage roof.
>>>
>>> 73, J.B., VE3EAR
>>>
>>> LowFER Beacon "EAR"
>>> 188.830 kHz. QRSS30
>>> EN93dr
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