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I grew up in West Texas before moving to Colorado. Ended up inheriting some land in Kerrville.

looking good!

The issue with this is that you have to set the battery type with the dip switch. Both batteries would have to be the same.

Pretty much. Charge controllers should be able to limit the charge current. Just beware, the panel says 180W. That is in ideal conditions rarely seen outside the lab. Over a days sunlight time, you will be lucky to average 100W.

Just as an update for those who haven't eaten Spam in years... There is no longer the gelatin surrounding the Spam in the can and it now has significantly less fat. We grew up poor. Spam was a treat. I still love it and probably eat a can a week. Heck I even went to the Spam Museum in...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/UHF-VHF-PL259-to-SO239-bulkhead-90-for-car-radio-Mobile-Antenna-mount-RG58-10FT/321773743986?epid=1993767082&hash=item4aeb35af72:g:UI4AAOSwKrhVb5QH There are variations that have a larger collar and support a larger base antenna with a quick disconnect NMO...

I did that but the other half of my post was dealing with how to get EchoLink to give me a selection for connecting like the PC based app does.

You asked for windshield pix.:blush:

I overland because of photograpy.

Here's a few pix of one of my adventures. I actually did all the body work and put it back like new and wheeled it for 4 more years before the unibody started coming apart at the seams. The funniest part is that I drove it back from Moab (400 miles on the interstate) that way. I got on...

The root problem here is that the two batteries have different chemistries, voltages, and charge profiles.

Yes you can charge a battery directly from a solar panel. You can also overcharge a battery directly from a solar panel, destroying it. Also, if you don't at least put a diode in series with the panel, you can also discharge a battery directly to a solar panel. Charge controllers can be had...

For any of you old farts, how many screwed around with blue boxes and phreaking phones.

Let me shed some light on this...ha ha. A charge controller does nothing to change the solar panel output. It only limits the maximum voltage that could applied to the battery and limits the current allowed to flow into the batteries. Charging two batteries of different types and charge...

In the past I have run a bulkhead RF connector through the roof and mounted an antenna to it. You can get nice ones ready made to mount an antenna on the outside, with a low profile right angle inside, with a cable for the radio already attached. Your signal will always be better if your...

This is cell phone hell (Binghamton, NY). I can't get cell or 3/4G at work (TMobile). In the hotel, I can get cell, but no network. I tried your idea first but no hotspot since there is no cell network connection. I thought about seeing if the hotel left the default password on their...

I am a noob to the ham stuff but have been a engineer designing and testing commercial/military/satellite radios for decades. I have run into some questions that I could use answers for and I figure others may have the same questions, so if anyone would care to answer, it may help others also...

Grumpy old fart?... I resemble that remark. One of my mottos is that the definition of stress is the inability to choke the hell out of someone who desperately deserves it.

That is a somewhat complex question. I am an electrical engineer with decades of experience in the commercial/military/space field and communications. For me it pretty easy. The test is a pretty good test of overall electronics and RF knowledge coupled with antenna design. It goes into a...

It isn't really ideal having the antenna that close to the metal rim. Have you tried adjusting the tip and watching the SWR?