There is an informative article in the April, 2016 issue of QST on Solar Power
and RFI. “Can Amateur Radio and Solar Power Co-exist?"
Mike, N8TTR
> On Feb 13, 2019, at 3:46 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I installed a solar panel and required charge controller in our RV. While
> it works quite well for its purpose, when I use the HF radio the thing must
> be turned off. Seems those switching charge controllers in their plastic
> boxes and with multiple wires running everywhere do generate noise "from DC
> to light". Even after switching it off, the 100 watt transceiver and the
> nearby antenna drove the charge controller nuts. It turned on, it turned
> off, it gave out beeps and became a total annoyance. It did make a good CW
> monitor however as it beeped with every CW element.
>
> I'm sure there are other ones which are quite good. But I bet they are
> expensive. Mine is a Windy Nation 100 watt system.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> On 2/13/2019 1:14 PM, Barry LaZar wrote:
>> Mike,
>> One of my ham friends has his next door neighbor using solar power. It
>> is causing a lot of RFI across most of HF. I suggest that you require your
>> supplier supplier to use RF quiet solutions.
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry
>> K3NDM
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019, 12:58 PM mjpilgrim <[email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> I've employed a small solar power system to supply my ham shack which
>>> includes K3-100/P3, two PCs with flat screen monitors, and 20" flat screen
>>> TV. This began as a basic test bed to understand Solar Power, so i know i
>>> have lots to learn, and perhaps I have answers to help others with the same
>>> interests.
>>>
>>> I'd like to hear of your trials, errors, and decided solutions for best
>>> results. I'm now researching best price performers for a pure sine wave
>>> inverter so i can merge my ATT u-Verse gateway/wi-fi and associated
>>> devices.
>>> Also, when running CW on the K3 i occasionally encounter LOW BATTERY error,
>>> requiring a few seconds of UP-Key to allow the batteries to recover. I'd
>>> like to discuss that symptom relative to my sizing considerations in the
>>> Solar Power system. On paper it appears sufficient. Sometimes i
>>> wonder............
>>> Drop me a note via email so we might continue this conversation at length.
>>> Thanks. Mike, K5MP
>>>
>>>
>>>
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