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																	Field day solar panel. 
									
	
		
	
																	This is called the nameplate rating and solar panel wattage varies based on the size and efficiency of your panel. 
																	A 10 ah lifepo4 battery was charged in the days prior to the contest using a solar panel a 10 watt panel will take approximately 18 hours of full sunlight to fully. 
																	Watch out for the current drawn by the laptop as some laptops can be rather thirsty for power. 
																	5 hours x 290 watts an example wattage of a premium solar panel 1 450 watts hours or roughly 1 5 kilowatt hours kwh. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	So a fresh deep cycle marine battery with 100w solar panel about 5a charge if the sun is good will run a kx2 at 10w all day with ease. 
																	Thus the output for each solar panel in your array would. 
																	Perhaps a more economical mobile phone could be used. 
																	How much energy does a solar panel produce. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	As a heads up i hear solar power chargers can be very rf noisy. 
																	There are plenty of solar calculators and the brand of solar system you choose probably offers one. 
																	That said there is a simple equation to calculate the amount of kilowatt hours kwh your solar panel system will produce. 
																	For the sake of example if you are getting 5 hours of direct sunlight per day in a sunny state like california you can calculate your solar panel output this way.