Retevis RT-97 Battery Size Recommendation
I am looking to purchase the Retevis RT-97 Repeater. I want to setup the Repeater in a shooting house on my father's property, which is the highest point. I plan to mount the antenna on the tin roof, along with a solar panel (to keep the battery charged), which will power the RT-97. The issue I am running into now is not knowing which size rechargeable battery I should use to operate the RT-97 and safely leave it unattended. Any suggestions or red flags to my ideas would be greatly appreciated.
It depends on your climate and how much use it will see.
The RT97 draws about 2 amps on high power and .09 amps when in stand-by.
I am running an RT97 on solar power here in Alaska. During the summer when we have lots of sun a 9 amp hour battery and 30 watt panel do just fine. Everytime I checked on it the battery was at 100% capacity. During the winter we have a few issues that make it more difficult. During winter solstice there is only around 4 hours of sunlight. We also have cold
