Solar Setup for Ham Radio 

So happy you are back MJ! I have had my ham radio Tech and General licenses for about 18 months and have made contacts on every continent, except Antarctica, and am an ARES member. I have done a lot of searching/research on RU-vid, the internet and my local ham radio club for information since I got my license. I can tell you that no one has helped me as much as you and your channel. Your approach to instruction, level of detail, and subject matter is the best, by far! Please keep doing what you are doing! Thanks for all you do for amateur radio!

Hi MJ. Great video. We continue to pray for you daily. I truly understand being an enigma, my sweet wife is one as well. We are constantly going to Duke. May God bless you and your dear family each and every day. 73!

Welcome back, MJ! I pray that your health continues to improve. Thanks for all that you do for the community!

So great to have you back! Praying for you. Thanks for all your great contributions!

Very happy to have you back, MJ. My thoughts and prayers are with you for everything to go well and a speedy recovery.

Great to see you back MJ. We will be praying for you. Thank you for the great info!! 73 KN4RCU

MJ, Welcome back. Great video. Still praying for you and your upcoming surgery.

Still the best presentations on the Tube. Wishing you all the best to you M.J. and God Bless.

MJ great to see you are back. Hope your health is improving, you were missed. Best comprehensive video series on ham radio. Thanks!

Hey - it's great to see you back! Great video of much interest to me - thank you! Hope you are well and sending prayers!

So nice to see you back! Your channel provides such great information, greatly appreciate your time and effort! Thank you!

Glad to see you back MJ. More prayers for your health. I would like to see your solar handouts when you have time.

Thank you for continuing videos Hope everything is get better

It’s great to see content from you! Glad you’re active, and doing what obviously you love to do! Well done, and much appreciated!!

I've done solar for portable a long time. When I started this there was little gear available with Anderson Powerpoles already wired in. At that time, and still do, I wanted to keep track of what was on the solar panel side of the charge controller, and what was on the battery/radio side. I adopted the convention of using red-black Powerpoles for everything on the battery/radio side. For the solar panels and inputs to the charge controller I use green-black Powerpoles. I use two 50 watt panels, each about 22" x 26'. They produce about 2.7 amps in bright sunlight, together 5.4 amps. I can arrive on location with a fully charged battery (55 amp-hr AGM deep cycle), play radio all day, and when I leave in the late afternoon the battery is still topped off. And that is with an Icom IC-7200 HF rig, and a 55 watt Yaesu FT-1802M 2m rig.

MJ, so glad your condition has improved! My prayers are with you. I just discovered your great channel, but already shared the excellent videos. Blessings ...

Great to see you back MJ. Continuing to lift you up brother.

Man it is great to see you posting a video MJ! I know it was a struggle for you. Thank you for the time and effort. Just like all of your videos, it is chock full of helpful information that is concise and easy to understand. I will continue to pray for you. 73, Patrick KF4LMZ

Welcome back. Good overview of solar power for radios. My ham shack runs totally on solar, mostly dc power.

Praying for your upcoming surgery, continued improvement, and complete healing. Thank you for all of the great videos! God bless!

"It's better than nothing." That is so true and when we seemingly have had everything these days, that lesson has been forgotten. Everyone is so spoiled by the cell phone and internet that they snub the radio. But if the cell/internet service ever goes down, radio will be a Godsend. I live here on coast of NC, so hurricaines are a reality. Kudos to you for keeping active with radio and putting out these podcasts. Heading to Raleigh in a few weeks to visit my daughter who has finished her Junior year at NCSU and to get appointment for cataract surgery there.

Good to see you back MJ!

Great to see you. We'll continue to pray for you . 73, KE0JWK

Good to have you back

Glad to see you back in the saddle.... I must have missed this one when it came back. Funny I'm actually working on my solar power setup. S/F Gunny

Great video, Glad you are back. Praying total healing in the Name of Jesus!!!

Smiling! I am praying for you! May our Lord and Savior lay His healing hands on you! ❤‍🩹 Thank you for another video! God Bless you and your family! Amen 🙏🏼

Very good video presentation with clear and simple explanations. Thanks! 73

You ARE an enigma! Best, KJ7VAT

You may want to know the inverter load you showed most can run off of 12v. Depending your setup you can save the large loss of the inverter. I suggest taking a look. Thank you for your video.

Thanks!

Great job! Get better!

Cool

Anderson Powerpoles! 😍

Instead of an inverter, I just bought at 12v power adapter for the laptop.

Hi MJ, lm going with carbon lead acid batts, perform like lithium but you dont need the fire engine parked next to your radio gear if you have lithium Hope you get well soon. The Supreme Commander of the universe (the Lord) has always kept my dad alive desipte asbestos and a near death experiance with the covid clowns at the hospital pushing there poison and covid protocols. My wifes veggie soup with 37 ingrediants also kept him in good sted. Gods speed mate. Andrew Nz