Chameleon MPAS 2.0 is a portable antenna system designed to allow portable operation and breakdown to fit in a backpack.
Basically you don’t run directly from the Solar Panel, the solar panel connects to a small charge controller, which is constantly charging the battery and you connect the radio to the battery.
The battery I have is the size of a brick and provides 12 amp hours of power, it weighs about 7-8 pounds. It’s a LifePo4 battery, basically lithium iron phosphate.
Yaesu 817 is a 100 watt portable HF radio, that operates on the Ham Bands like 20 meters. You need a General Class Ham license to operate on these bands, which I have. The radio only pulls 1 amp for listening and when I adjust the power down to transmit I can operate hours and hours in daylight and at night for basically listening and occasional transmit, it works well.
Did they change the 817? Mine only puts out 5 watts. The 897 puts out 100.
As of last week, a 100watt panel is roughly $130 and a 300 w/h power station is $300.
https://www.jackery.com/products/explorer-300-portable-power-station?msclkid=1730c3ab0a1318879369a18cb6b2d487&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Products&utm_term=jackery%20300&utm_content=300
I expect prices on stuff like this to go up faster than inflation, which is already too fast. Might be CBs and Hams will too