Alternative Power

Using Solar Power and 12 Volt Batteries - The sun can power your Ham station and a whole lot more

Cook up your own emergency power pack - This article provides a basis to brew your own emergency power pack depending on your needs and tastes.

Ham(Radio)ing it Up with Solar Power - Interesting post with a practical video of using solar panel with a yaesu ft-857.

5W Portable Solar Charger - 5W portable solar charger project that uses both your ham and carpentry homebrewing skills.

Homebrew 700 Watt Wind turbine - Home made a wind turbine for your portable operations

5W Portable Solar Charger - 5W portable solar charger project that uses both your ham and carpentry homebrewing skills.

AA Battery Solar Charger - This almost trivial circuit may be used to charge a pair of AA or AAA sized rechargeable battery cells from sunlight.

AI7R Solar Power Page - Solar power setup by ham radio station AI7R

Alternate Power Sources - Article about alternate power sources, like portable generators, solar panels, batteries and wind turbines

ARRL Emergency Power - Using portable generators during emergencies or at field day site, using batteries and how to recharge them, using solar panels.

CirKits - Solar power DIY kits. Homebrew your own solar power regulator, and power center.

Cook up your own emergency power pack  ^updated - This article provides a basis to brew your own emergency power pack depending on your needs and tastes.

DIY: Solar Powered Battery Rechargers - Let the sun juice your battery habit

Free Sun Power - Free basic and advanced system design tutorials for every component and aspect of solar power. Plus system sizing calculators, battery bank calculators and wire size calculators

Getting started with alternative energy - Comparison of different alternative energy sources.

Ham(Radio)ing it Up with Solar Power - Interesting post with a practical video of using solar panel with a yaesu ft-857.

Homebrew 700 Watt Wind turbine - Home made a wind turbine for your portable operations

Homebrew solar panel - Homebrew Solar Panel 60Watts. Building a homemade solar panel from solar cells that would have otherwise been thrown out.

Induction Generator - An Easy to build and operate induction generator

K4RY Moves Station to Solar Power - The Auburn University ARC station gets its power from the sky

KIØDZ Solar System - Setting up a solar power system in your shack

Portable Lightplants and Generators - NS8O portable generators

Portable Solar Charger - N5ESE's Portable Solar Charger

Small Wind - Advice from an Expert features some of Mick's Windletter articles on a variety of wind energy topics.

Solar Energy and Ham Radio Projects - This page contains information on how to harness the sun's energy in a variety of ways.

Solar Panel Charger Project - A flexible, foldable, and durable solar product that produces enough power to charge your Battery Pack quickly

Solar Panel Info - A great resource for Solar Panels, arrays of photvoltaic cells.

Solar panels test - Solar panels test for portable battery charger by YO4HHP

Solar Power Tower - Amateur Radio Repeaters - KD8EAD / KD8FJH entirely solar powered repeater near tar hollow state forest. APRS Digipeater in operation on site.

Solar Powered Ham Radio  ^updated - Information about setting up a Solar Powered Ham Radio Station.

Using Solar Power and 12 Volt Batteries - The sun can power your Ham station and a whole lot more

Video Tour of VK5SW's Solar Shack - Solar Shack in the Australian Bush

Wind Energy FAQ - What are Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines(VAWTs)