Yep, a hundred watt HF station on a bicycle.  It turned out to be not as hard as I thought it would be and I have to wonder why more of us haven’t done it.  Or … maybe there is a VERY good reason why but I just haven’t figured it out yet.   

The first iteration of this station was a Radio Shack HTX-10, 25 watt ten meter radio and a hamstick antenna along with a single 8 Amp Hour, sealed lead acid battery (SLA).  Of course, with the sunspot cycle declining and the summer coming you couldn’t make due with a measly 25 watts and ONE crummy band.  So, at the beginning of the year Santa Ron got me an Icom IC-706 MkII G, a fist full of Hamstick antennas (antennae?) and a trunkload of SLAs

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