Trying out my little Jackery

Here is my little Jackery 290.  I ran my 32 qt freezer with it, after 5 hours I had only used 30% of my Jackery power. This tells me I could run it for over 12 hours if needed.  Temperature stayed within 2 degrees of zero the whole time.
 

Parks on the air

 Parks on the air (POTA) my first attempt on amateur radio.  I am 40 miles south of Gillette Wyoming and S/W of Devil’s Tower National Monument.  In just under an hour I had over 15 contacts from Calf, TX to Ga to name a few states.  I used a 20 watt HF radio on 20 meters and a Hamstick attached to my pickup bed.

Back in Wyoming

We brought the rain back to Wyoming.  We will be visiting our kids an getting our annual Dentals an Medical check ups.  We did our eye doctor while along the gulf coast.

Below we had a power outage for a few hours so our RV frig switched automatically to propane and lights to 12 volt. However our 35 qt chest freezer doesn’t switch automatically so I had to switch to a 12 volt plug and battery during the outage.  With one of my portable solar panels to recharge the battery we can run this freezer indefinitely.  We also have a generator for a day or two without sunshine. Stove is also propane.

Below is our newest rig we bought in 2020 it is working out well for us.

For fresh water we can remain on fresh water with our tank for several days.  Five to seven days on our black and gray water tanks.
With four 100 watts solar and three 12 volt batteries we have nearly unlimited use of our 12 volt lights and fans.

Propane will last several weeks with our extra tanks.

Blue Angel CG On the Gulf

 Enjoyed our stay at the base Rec area on our way to Texas. 

Tearing Down

 Tearing down and moving to western Florida.  Three more weeks in Florida then off to Texas.

Above almost ready for hooking up, below a night view.

Set up with Orange Canopy and GMRS & HAM radio antennas.

Biweekly generator run

 I try to run my backup generator at least once a week but at a minimum biweekly’s if I do not it can become hard to start.

Joined the YL System

 I have been having fun searching out radio nets on HF. As solar activity has been increasing so have my rate of contacts.  My primary antenna is a dipole made of two 20 meter mini ham sticks up 25 feet on a painters pole. I also use a 40 meter hamstick on a 12 foot painters pole with two radils and a 10 meter on a nag mount.

I also have a GMRS antenna up about 14 feet with two short radils.