[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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