The forgotten, invisible servant. Radio amateurs by nature love “stuff,” especially stuff that looks cool. Lots of knobs and dials. Colorful, dancing displays. Tall towers with imposing antennas. Large solar panel arrays and multi-kilowatt generators. Beyond the bling and all the geeky tech that attracts hams like kids to an… Read more »
Special note: I’m taking time off to spend Christmas with friends and family. Please enjoy this personal favorite Off Grid Ham article from November 15, 2020. May God richly bless you in the new year! As basic as it gets. If you do not own at least one good multimeter,… Read more »
Graduation time. A lot of if not most off grid hams have only one battery in their system. Connecting a single battery is more or less self-explanatory. What should you do when you expand your system to include multiple batteries? Should they be in series? In parallel? Is one way… Read more »
Moving electrons around. Wire and electrical conductors are so fundamental that we use them without giving much thought to their importance. Conductors, or wire, are to electricity what pipes are to water. Without them, absolutely nothing happens. This time around we’re going to examine wire & conductors, their behavior, and… Read more »