[MRCA] Field Day

[Peter Gottlieb]

There's a mil packset which has a crank generator, also the old surplus kind you 
sit on and turn with both arms.  To run a solid state 5W station would take less 
effort than lighting the filaments on the old tube rig.


On 6/27/2015 12:04 PM, Scott Johnson wrote:
>
> I would do a bicycle mounted alternator.  FWIW, a brushless DC motor makes a 
> nice PM three phase generator, the output of which can be rectified, filtered, 
> and regulated.  How about a thermoelectric pile, heated by a Coleman lantern?  
> There are surplus Russian thermopiles on ebay all the time. AND you can still 
> make partial output from a PV on an overcast day.  My home PV system (10kW 
> nominal) make over 1 kW on a completely overcast day.
>
> Scott W7SVJ
>
> *From:*MRCA [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *B. Smith
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 27, 2015 8:09 AM
> *To:* mrca at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] Field Day
>
> Thanks to all my fellow members for the creative  and well thought out 
> suggestions.
> Thanks to one of our members - - I think the best and simplest  solution 
> (KISS) is to use "road flares" - - a single flare in front of each solar 
> panel. The panels are small enough so 1ea flare should do the trick. I am off 
> to the local Farmers Supply.
>         "Improvise Adapt Overcome"
> Z
>
>  6/26/2015 11:02 AM, B. Smith wrote:
>
>     Anybody have any suggestions as to how to run a low power(5 watts or
>     less)  solar powered station(no batteries) when it is raining and overcast?
>     Z
>
>
>
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