It turns out, I get a lot of interference and noise. Probably the solar power inverter and/or the various other RF active equipment in the shipping container?!
Nice watch. Good luck with your project! You may wanna put up that antenna on a longer mast. Also, run the stuff on pure DC - QRM will reduce. Cheers from UAE.
Geez mate, how hard to install a high pipe at the outset: “The pipe is way too short but I will weld brackets on it and then permanently weld it to the container, and then say it is too short, even though I knew it was far too short before I permanently welded it to the container”.
You can always sikaflex a pelican case to the roof and have it all pass through that. Its a way nicer way to access it and its cheaper. Plenty of room for gromets drilling glands and sealant. And it seals up when latched
Its alot more work, I like what you did, but i think panels need trackers. WHat I think is you can bury the container, build a triangular frame like with the panels, and a large frame on top for the panels with a motor tracker sysytem. I think to get a reliable and adequate amount from solar you need lots of efficiency stacking. LIke adding output from tracking, like high efficiency mppt and inverter. And considering cooling and climate control too. What you have when burying the container, with a few reinforcements for the sides too of course, is a stable temperature, bunker, anchor for panels, and safe to store and do whatever in the 1ft or less even, buried container. THe lid and stairs would have to be made, it is all alot of work with trade offs. Making the system on site with panels would be cool, and even having it made in a shop and deployed with everything already inside the container. Modular bunker.
