[amsat-bb] Tesla Field Day mode

Zach Metzinger zmetzing at pobox.com
Wed Feb 20 19:56:59 UTC 2019


On 2/20/19 1:28 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>> Very nice!  Wish I could afford [a Tesla]...
> 
> A Chevy Volt can run a Field Day (or a house under minimum power) for
> about 8 hours before it has to start the engine to recharge the battery.
> These 3 year-old off-lease Volts go for only about $12k.

Seems a bit overkill when a marine deep-cycle and a solar panel will run 
you about $500, no? ;-)

--- Zach
N0ZGO


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