<div>Claire, we&#39;re currently looking in to this as a possibility.  Our new transmitter is going to be in a very rural isolated location and powering it may be an issue.  We&#39;re looking at wind and solar PV attached to a large bank of UPS&#39;s.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ll let everyone know how it goes. </div><span style="font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 June 2011 00:23, claire penketh <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:clairepenketh@yahoo.co.uk">clairepenketh@yahoo.co.uk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<div> Claire Penketh</div>
<div>Better to have given it a go than never to have tried at all</div>
<div> </div><br><br></div>--- On <b>Thu, 23/6/11, Ian Hickling <i>&lt;<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</i></b> wrote:<br>
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To: <a href="mailto:studio@ravensoundradio.co.uk" target="_blank">studio@ravensoundradio.co.uk</a>, &quot;cma-l&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a>&gt;<br>Date: Thursday, 23 June, 2011, 21:58<div>
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<div>Interesting as all this is, it doesn&#39;t address the question of where you get mains power when there isn&#39;t any.<br>We&#39;ve run a complete RSL using solar and wind power where the combined sources produce 240V AC and you simply use a moderate amount of standard equipment.<br>
<br>I&#39;ve always been of the opinion that it is so wasterful to power all modern solid-state equipment from 240V AC when each one then transforms down and rectifies to a mutiplicity of DC supples of around 18V and below.<br>
 <br>How logical it would be if they all could be operated off 12V DC which is the universally-available voltage present in vehicles and relatively cheap bulk-delivery batteries!<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">Ian Hickling<br></span></b><b><span>Partner<br>transplan UK<br></span></b></p></div><br>  <br>
<div>&gt; Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:30:24 +0100<br>&gt; From: <a href="mailto:studio@ravensoundradio.co.uk" target="_blank">studio@ravensoundradio.co.uk</a><br>&gt; To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
&gt; Subject: Re: [cma-l] Mains power where there ain&#39;t any!<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Another one, Pocket Wifi, which takes any data sim, you need to know the <br>&gt; network ID (listed online), it has a mobile sized battery and connects <br>
&gt; up to five wifi network devices. It&#39;s the size of a small mobile with <br>&gt; built in display and web interface is stand-alone so you can hang it in <br>&gt; a tree if the 3g is a long way off.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Regards, Tony<br>
&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; CMA-L wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>&gt; &gt; From: Eddie Stuart &lt;<a href="mailto:eddie@kcr.fm" target="_blank">eddie@kcr.fm</a>&gt;<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; As a bit of extra knowledge, some Draytek routers (&amp; no doubt those of<br>
&gt; &gt; other manufacturers) can use a mobile phone dongle for web access<br>&gt; &gt; which would mean that you can
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