Gary,
I've bought some things from windynation.com Panels, charge controller,
even batteries. Albeit for a permanent home installation.
All seems good quality and no noticeable noise. GL!
73,
Larry K4AB
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 12:53 PM David Eckhardt <davearea51a@gmail.com>
wrote:
> We bought a small 16' Airstream last year. Of course, we considered the
> same charge issues you are faced with. I carry the Icom 7300 for HF and
> monitoring meteors while out camping, usually well away from any RF source,
> cell phone coverage, no TV, few,if any amateur repeaters, so I want it RF
> quiet! I bought an 80-watt deployable panel from Camping World for about
> $250. It is a suit case panel and folds in half and includes the charge
> controller. The ONLY problem I've had with RFI from the panel assembly was
> when I, not thinking, looped my coax around the panel. The 7300 picked up
> some razzle (yea, what a description!) noise when the controller was
> pulsing to charge the camper battery. I immediately recognized my error in
> dressing the coax. I rerouted the coax such that there was no longer a
> loop around the panel assembly. Problem went away. I have used it since
> then being cognizant not to loop the coax around the panel and have had
> absolutely no further RFI. I'd recommend it to any ham who takes HF into
> the boonies.
>
> Our choice between the 80-watt panel and those larger was strictly weight.
> Sure, I'd like a 200-watt panel, but the break point between the 80-watt
> unit and those of higher ratings was weight. The 100-watt panel was
> significantly heavier and I just didn't want that, so we came home with the
> 80-watt unit. You can find them less expensive than Camping World, but the
> packaging of the solar cells, themselves, and quality of the charge
> controller (relatively RF quiet) is rather compromised. It works for us,
> although we are not heavy power users. I also installed a true sinewave
> 300-watt inverter so my wife can watch TV when its available over the air
> and to keep the laptops happy. With our usage, including the Icom 7300,
> the 80-watt panel is fully capable of keeping the camper battery charged
> with 6 or so hours of full sun. I also 'track' the sun manually about
> every three hours or so.
>
> Dave - WØLEV
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 4:58 PM Gary Smith <Gary@ka1j.com> wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > I finally bought a camper & though I had
> > no power issues (Brought a Honda EU2000i
> > for 120V needs), I would like to take the
> > K3 along and have a clean RFI environment
> > when I do and use solar to charge the
> > battery.
> >
> > Depending on the size/convenience of
> > moving the solar equipment, I would like
> > to use it to charge a 12V deep cycle
> > battery I use in the shack during some
> > contests.
> >
> > As I'll be buying this sight unseen from
> > the web, any suggestions of an inexpensive
> > controller and panel that is known to be
> > essentially RFI clean & reliable?
> >
> > Thanks & 73,
> >
> > Gary
> > KA1J
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