We use a couple of M-10 radios turned down to 10W and a simple controller along with the duplexer with a solar panel and deep cycle battery for our portable repeater and it seems to work very well. Just make sure that you have a controller to charge the battery properly and that the solar cell can keep it charged on a full duty cycle for the repeater. GM300 or GR300 can be used as long as your not driving them at full power or you will burn up the finals. Peter Summerhawk
-----Original Message----- From: Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Portable repeater Use a solar panel to keep a charge on the battery. if the repeater is only 5 watts then a small solar panel will do the trick easily. you can get a 120 watt panel or an array of smaller panels for portability which will charge the battery plus run the repeater all day and allow the system to operate through the night on battery power. Thanks, Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis I Recycle Computers "Saving UnWanted PC's From The Landfill One Computer At A Time :)" Note: I do Pickups the 1st week of the month. Owner: FreeStuffWarrenNJ Moderator: Hunterdonfree [The entire original message is not included]
