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<v Speaker 1>This is the new Buddy Pole Power Pro. This is

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<v Speaker 1>an upgrade from the Power Plus and the Power Plus

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<v Speaker 1>two and the Power Mini and the Power Mini two,

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<v Speaker 1>and this adds some extra features that we haven't seen

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<v Speaker 1>in a charge controller from Buddy Pole before. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>take this into the field and give it a quick look.

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<v Speaker 1>See first off before we go out there, if this

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<v Speaker 1>has wanted to do a close up of it here.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm gonna power this up in a minute and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna put it in the sunlight and let you

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<v Speaker 1>see what the screen looks like in the sunlight. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a colored screen and you can totally see it

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<v Speaker 1>in the sunlight. It's easier to see in the shade

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<v Speaker 1>as you would expect, but you can totally see this

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<v Speaker 1>in the sunlight. It has a USB sport right there

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<v Speaker 1>to Anderson Ports on that side obviously, and then the

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<v Speaker 1>other side here is all Anderson ports as well. So

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<v Speaker 1>we've got the battery connection right there, which is you

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<v Speaker 1>would expect right there the DCN. So it will take

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<v Speaker 1>a twelve power supply and it will take a solar panel.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll take up to one hundred and sixty watt solar

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<v Speaker 1>panel and we'll output to two different loads, a radio

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<v Speaker 1>and an amplifier, a radio and a a tuner, or

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<v Speaker 1>two radios, however you want to do that. It's got

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<v Speaker 1>a nice wheel here to page through the screen. You

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<v Speaker 1>can press this button and choose things on the screen,

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<v Speaker 1>and then page through selections on the screen and choose

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<v Speaker 1>the selection you want. So let's take this into the

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<v Speaker 1>field and look and see what it looks like in

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<v Speaker 1>the sun. I'm gonna take this to the hunting Lease,

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<v Speaker 1>put it on a Gigabarts solar panel and go from there.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been a huge fan of the Buddy Pole

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<v Speaker 1>Power Mini for a long long time. I have the

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<v Speaker 1>original version, I have the newer version of power Mini two,

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<v Speaker 1>and I still use those charge controllers whenever I can.

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<v Speaker 1>Whenever I need something to plug into my one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty watt Gigabarts panel, that's the solar charge controller

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<v Speaker 1>I reach for because it's top notch. There's nothing wrong

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<v Speaker 1>with it. It's RF quiet. I've had zero issues with

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<v Speaker 1>RFI while running radios in the field on Poda or whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've been a huge fan of these Buddy Pole

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<v Speaker 1>charge controllers since the very first version. So let's take

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<v Speaker 1>this one into the field and see what it looks like.

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<v Speaker 1>Solar panels reading about eighteen point five volts right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, the batteries top off at thirteen dot two,

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<v Speaker 1>so the solar panel is not actually bringing in any

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<v Speaker 1>wattage now, but you can see that I'm in the

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<v Speaker 1>shade a little bit. If I bring this into the

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<v Speaker 1>sunlight my hand eut of the way, the camera may

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<v Speaker 1>or may not show it, but you can still see

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<v Speaker 1>the screen and make out what's going on. You can

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<v Speaker 1>turn the knob here to go into the menus like

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<v Speaker 1>that and go back to the main menu here. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's somebody on five to two. So this is working

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<v Speaker 1>really well because what will happen here? This acts like

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<v Speaker 1>a power gate. Okay, so it's on battery charging the

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<v Speaker 1>battery from solar right here. This is one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty watt gigaparts solar blanket what they call a solar

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<v Speaker 1>blanket or just a foldable solar panel. And you can't

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<v Speaker 1>get these anymore. I'm hoping that Gigaparts reintroduces them soon.

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<v Speaker 1>It's part of their Explorer line. But right now you

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<v Speaker 1>can't get these. But this would work with a power

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<v Speaker 1>film one hundred and fifty watt or anything up to

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<v Speaker 1>about one hundred and sixty watts, which is the max

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<v Speaker 1>for this power pro from Buddy Pole, And it's running

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<v Speaker 1>on the battery right now. And you could plug a

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<v Speaker 1>twelve volt DC charger in here, like a twelve power

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<v Speaker 1>supply in here, and it would charge the battery from

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<v Speaker 1>solar or the twelve power supply, and then if your

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<v Speaker 1>power went out on the twelve power supply, the battery

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<v Speaker 1>would pick it up. So this act says like a

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<v Speaker 1>power gate that keeps your battery charged and lets you

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<v Speaker 1>run on AC power supply twelve VTE power supply, but

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<v Speaker 1>also has a battery backup in place for when the

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<v Speaker 1>power goes out. I wonder if we can hear those

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<v Speaker 1>guys KC five hwb let's six top five to two

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<v Speaker 1>somebody out there. I can't hear them. I think he's

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<v Speaker 1>talking to another station that I can't hear it all.

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<v Speaker 1>He's having a conversation with somebody else that I can't

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<v Speaker 1>hear it all. So but this is my setup right tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>and if I get a chance to check into the

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<v Speaker 1>DFW simplex net, this is what I will do it.

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<v Speaker 1>From the lease I did that like two weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was using this same radio setup, but I

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<v Speaker 1>was using a different battery. This is the battery that

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<v Speaker 1>I keep with this radio and the tech pripper man pack,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I have it uning on an edphong j

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<v Speaker 1>pole right there. So this is a pretty sweet setup

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<v Speaker 1>right here. M HM.