Loving my new setup of 100W solar panel to #WestMountainRadio Epic PWRgate to #Bioenno battery and RigRunner. Now aggravated by things that aren't 12VDC :)

Got my #BioEnno 6Ah / 12V battery in the mail today, which means I could finally start #RX using the #XieguG90.

I am super impressed.

Unsurprisingly a much lower noise floor than my RTL-SDR, so am picking up a ton of stuff that was lost in the noise including hearing F5IN CQ’ing DX on 20m in the middle of the night.

All this on a pizza pan planar disc antenna. Excited to see how RX will be on a NorCal Doublet.

The #MorseCode decoder works surprisingly well on this unit with some fiddling.

RT @KG5AHJ
HamCation deal, $100 12Ah plus cables and charger at the Bioenno Both prize building. Tell them tank sent you.

#HamCation #bioenno
@Hamcation @BioennoPower #HamRadio #TankRadio

Added another #bioenno solar panel today to keep me on the air for #WFD tomorrow.
#hamradio

New battery on order (#Bioenno #lifepo4 with a matching charge controller). This should unlock the ability to use one more radio, a 50W/10W/5W old Kenwood TM-261A 2m mobile rig (late 1990s vintage). It wants max 11A amps on tx, more than my existing power supplies can handle.

I'll put this purchase in the "emergency preparedness" bucket, so that I have a stronger battery power source for #SKYWARN activations. I do still need to work on the 2 meter outdoor antenna to match.

#Kenwood #TM261A

Here's a look at something that I created in 2021 when I had energy to burn on pandemic projects - setting up an #Icom #ID5100, a #RaspberryPi, and a #BioEnno battery in a #HarborFreight ammo can.

I designed and 3D printed a frame assembly that houses the radio body, a Pi Zero W, a watt meter, BioEnno battery, antenna, charging cables, headset, handheld mic, and all the associated shovels, rakes, and implements of destruction.

This year I'd like to do something similar for my #Yaesu #FT891

RT @thetechprepper1@twitter.com

Off grid radio weekend! #thetechprepper #offgrid #rvlife #solar #bioenno #bioennopower #lifepo4 #rigrunner #prepper

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/thetechprepper1/status/1378086927266553856