[Vhfcn-l] Solar Panels

[VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew]

Oh, one last thing. I'm in Southern California.

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 6:38 AM Warren Moore <mor2com at gmail.com> wrote:

> All true.
> However, for my system to produce 5.5kw (actually 4.8-5kw due to
> degradation) the Sun has to strike the panels at exactly 90 degrees to
> panel alignment. That means, optimum production actually only happens at
> high noon, 2 days a year.
> Spring and fall equanox
> Summers to high and winter's to low of an angle.
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 1:33 AM VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew via Vhfcn-l <
> vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org> wrote:
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>> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:31:59 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] Solar Panels
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> > Does anyone have solar panel power installed and what do you think of
>> them?
>> >
>> > We just had them installed two weeks ago.
>> >
>> > Grow
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>> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:32:38 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] Solar Panels
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