I have been wanting to install solar since I moved into my house 5 years ago.   When I bought my place I also purchased the empty lot next door with plans to put something over there with solar on it.   I finally decided to build a solar setup once I saw how cheap used commercial solar panels were.  When I came across santansolar.com and saw their used 260 Watt Grade A panels for $70.00 each (at the time of writing this) I thought no way, plus why would they have so many used solar panels, who would put them up only to take them down?   After calling the company and speaking with their sales guy, he said "we get that a lot" he also said they purchase used solar panels from commercial solar farm operators.  Maybe they have limited land space, and a newer higher wattage solar panel comes out, well its easier to replace them all then buy more land and add to their existing array, and that is where they get so many used panels.      W...

This wallboard is from four hours into our day, so the numbers are a bit low.  Anyway these two  wallboards  were created within UCCX with no additional servers or equipment!   I was looking all around for a good wallboard for CCX but  couldn't  find quite what i was looking for, or they all required  another  server setup...     Plus we run 30+ CSQ's in each of our two call centers from one primary/secondary CCX server, so this gets messy in other wallboards that are usually geared toward a few CSQ's. As we started scripting our call center, I noticed all kinds of access to cool data, then I found that CCX supports HTML triggers in applications!    So I created a new application with an HTML trigger ( that's  the wallboard address on UCCX). I then created a script that would go and grab specific stats for each CSQ that is defined in the application.  The script also adds these up as...

This is my installation of an Icom IC-7000 UHF/VHF/HF radio, with the Icom AH-3 antenna coupler which is feeding a stainless steel 102" whip antenna.  The IC-7000 has been modified to transmit on just about any frequency 400 Mhz and below (skipping the 200 Mhz band).   I first installed the actual radio under the passenger seat.  This seemed like an OK area, plenty of room and easy access to hide all of the wires under the carpet and kick panels. I then installed the detachable radio face somewhere it would be out of the way, yet easy to operate. In order to use the HF band from at least 7 Mhz to 50 Mhz with out the need to swap 10 different antennas, I decided to go with a 102" whip and an antenna coupler.   This way if i'm out and about, I can always just tie a long wire to the 102" whip and then to a tree or something for more efficient low frequency work. Antenna with delrin roof clip so I can pull in the...