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That looks really well thought out and put together horny. Looks like a nice enclosure as well. Nice work...

What size battery did you go with.??? I've been chatting to a friend who works in the Maritime instruments industry, and they build and maintain a lot of solar powered instruments and beacons. Given Aust weather conditions, he tells me that they design the solar system for a 10day bad weather (low solar power generation) period, and a 50% discharge on the batts. I was starting to think 20Ah SLA battery, however this new information seems to put me more up in the range of a 40Ah SLA battery, and around a 40W - 60W panel. Haven't done any further calcs yet, but starting to think that it may be more cost effective for me to simply in a new GPO next to my TX station and use a small 1.3Ah SLA battery and a charge module, like I did in my RX station (refer above). Haven't totally decided yet, and will be sure to post more info and photos when I do more outside with my TX station. Interested to hear more about your solar calcs and sizing, given your weather and part of the world.

Cheers for now..

Mark R