[ADXA] Somewhat Off Topic Question on Recumbent Bikes and Potential for DX radio

[Scott Branyan]

When I was young, I loved to bike. As I approached retirement I started
thinking, I'd love a mountain bike for trails at Hobbs and to take
travelling. And then I started hearing from customers who had had bike
wrecks and major injuries. I can definitely tell my balance is not what it
used to be, so I backed off the idea. Then e-bikes came along and I started
thinking again about biking. And I saw a statistic on older Americans on
e-bikes and injuries. It was NOT encouraging. My wife and I recently have
started looking into recumbent bikes which are easy on joints and body parts
and have a low center of gravity and three wheels! We are investigating
further. 

 

We are blessed with many miles of interconnected greenway trails here in
Northwest Arkansas. Also I am thinking it would be a great platform for VHF
or better yet, QRP DXing with a hamstick for the flag pole. Wondering also
how I would sign that? I assume W5AAJ/P for stationary operating, but for
moving would it be W5AAJ/BM (bike mobile) or W5AAJ/TM (trike mobile)? That
might be a little confusing though for DXing. Hi.

 

So, the question is: Does anybody have any recumbent bike experience and any
thoughts on using it as a portable/mobile platform? Email me direct if you
don't want to reply to the group. 

 

Thanks es 73,

Scott/W5AAJ

 

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