[Vhfcn-l] Solar Panels

[VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew]

I have a single 75 watt panel and an inverter to charge batteries for radios. Solar panels work best in desert areas. If you are in a valley with trees and it’s cloudy a lot, solar panels are inefficient and nothing more than a political statement. If you live in an area with real winters, the days are short and outdoor panels get snow covered. Solar is popular on the south side of islands. Summer people use them to keep their digital devices charged. 

I arrived in Vietnam on April fools day. March 21 and Sept. 21 are 12 hour days everywhere on Earth. Being spring, I expected the days to get longer. They didn’t. The sun comes up at 6 AM and goes down at 6 PM year around because Vietnam is close to the equator. Never thought about that until 1970. The VC thought that helicopters could not fly at night, Heh; We fooled em. All Navy pilots are instrument rated. Army pilots were always home for supper. With the exception of Dustoff and some old guys like Grow who flew Beavers and such, Army pilots did not have instrument ratings. 

The US Navy is the only military on Earth that operates off carriers at night. Other nations have tried, but they cannot build airplanes and train pilots fast enough to do it. Red China has a carrier. They bought it second hand from Ukraine. 

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> On Aug 29, 2019, at 8:46 PM, VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org> wrote:
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> From: VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew <vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org>
> Subject: Solar Panels
> Date: August 29, 2019 at 8:44:23 PM EDT
> Reply-To: vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org
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> Does anyone have solar panel power installed and what do you think of them?
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> We just had them installed two weeks ago.
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> Grow
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