Back in Part 1, I emptied my soul laid out the rough qualifications for a somewhat minimalist solar-powered ham radio station. Today, I'd like to walk you through my process for selecting the solar panels for this lash-up of geekery.

I thought picking out solar panels for …

There are many things you can do in ham radio and one of the things I like doing is contests. In a contest, you get on the air and try to rack up as many contacts are you can. A "contact" is essentially just getting …

The BITX40 is a QRP (low-power) transceiver kit for the 40 meter amateur radio band. Although it is low-power (nominal 7 watts), and restricted to a single band (7 MHz), the $60 USD price tag makes it very attractive to those like myself who like to build things and play …