Newbie wants to make small solar panel for radios....

I want to make a solar panel to plug into several portable radios of 4.5V and 6V. The required current between 125-175 mAh.
The cheapest ($7.95) cells I can find so far are 1 volt each producing 400 mAh of current. More current than I need and they are a bit too large.
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/product_categories/35/products/3159-solar-cell-1-volt-400-ma
I'd be happy to sacrifice current to get some cells that are smaller than this models 6X9 cm size.
The panel for the radios is being planned to be about 5"X8" total (for all the cells plus any circuitry). Any recommendations? Links?
thanks
twitchell

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I want to make a solar panel to plug into several portable radios of 4.5V and 6V. The required current between 125-175 mAh.
The cheapest ($7.95) cells I can find so far are 1 volt each producing 400 mAh of current. More current than I need and they are a bit too large.
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/product_categories/35/products/3159-solar-cell-1-volt-400-ma
I'd be happy to sacrifice current to get some cells that are smaller than this models 6X9 cm size.
The panel for the radios is being planned to be about 5"X8" total (for all the cells plus any circuitry). Any recommendations? Links?
thanks
twitchell

You could get them from this place
http://store.altenergystore.com/Solar-Panels/1-to-50-Watt-Solar-Panels/Kyocera-12W-12V-Mini-Solar-Panel/p718/
Or this place
http://www.solarpanelsale.net/
(One 5.5V at 180mA is $6 + $9sh = $15 each) (Ten 5.5V at 180ma is $49 + $33.50 = $82.50 = 8.50 each)
Or you could get them from this place
http://www.plastecs.com/solar%20panels.html
Or you could look around the home improvement stores. Solar powered lights can be had for less than $2.50 a unit in boxes of 8. Each light has a solar panel in it.
LED Lights that use one AA battery will have a 2V panel (4 cells) at 40 to 60ma. LED Lights that have two AA batteries will have a 4 to 4.5V panel (8 to 9 cells) at 40 to 60ma. Spot/flood lights with four AA batteries will usually have a 7V panel (14 cells) that puts out about 150mA
You can usually tell make out the number of cells by looking at the solar panel on the display model.
Parting out a solar powered garden light/s for the panels would probably cost more but you get a lot of extra parts to go along with it. LED's AA nicads and other stuff.