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Single support gain antennas for 80-160 meters - On 80 and 160 meters an antenna with modest gain and good front-to-back (F/B) ratio, along with a steerable pattern, can be very effective for contesting.

Magnetic loop for 160 meters - Pictures and calculated values for this home made magnetic loop antenna for the 160 meters band by HB9MTN

An 80-160 magnetic loop antenna - A classic diamond shape loop antenna that works fine on 80 and 160 meters band. This loop design allow a few watts power only and include part list and construction details.

160 Meter Vertical - This is a 90 foot tall top loaded vertical for 160 meters. It is constructed from aluminum irrigation tubing and has four sets of four guys each by w7iuv

Low bands antennas - An article on TX and RX antennae for the low bands 80 and 160m by EI7BA

160 Meter short TX loop antenna - Here is a successful 160 Meter short TX loop antenna 4 feet high, 3 feet wide, and 6 inches deep.

Portable dipole for 40 Meters band - Pictures and swr reports for a portable dipole antenna for 40 meters band in german

Top Loaded Portable Vertical - A 3.5 Mhz top loaded vertical antenna built using 2 elevated radials by DJ9RB

The DBJ-2 portable J-Pole - A Portable VHF-UHF Roll-up J-pole Antennam that resonates on both bands but actually performs as a half wave radiator on both bands

Magnetic loop for 30-10 M - A light and portable magnetic loop antenna with improved bandwidth and performance by HB9MTN

W0OXB All-band Zep Antenna - W0OXB All-band Centerfed Zep Antenna 160m-6m

A Portable Antenna for Satellites - A portable antenna for mode B and J satellites

Homebrew Buddistick 2007 - W3FF article about the buddistick portable vertical antenna in a PDF file

HB9MTN C-Pole Porable antenna - A vertical monoband that's small, light and portable, needs no counterpoise and performs as well as a home antenna

The Octoloop - An LF/VLF Portable Loop Antenna N4YWK

Optimizing half-wave sloper arrays for 160 meters - This article presents a 160-meter variation of this family of antennas and, more importantly, a discussion of the details of how to get such a beast working really well.

DCTL Antennas and other compact antennas - The Distributed Capacitance Twisted Loop is an inexpensive, effective, resonant alternative that can fit in a 8' tall by 12' or so wide space, like a wall, or balcony, even on 80 meters. 160 meters from an apartment, a full wave look and a cage dipole

Portable Antenna Tower - Pull this trailer antenna, Makes a great field day tower by n7qvc

Z Match for High RF power - Based on VK5BR's Z-Match and designed for High RF Power covers 160 to 10 meters by VK6YSF

The EZ-Tuner - The "EZ-Tuner" is a homebrew automatic legal-limit antenna tuner that covers all amateur HF bands from 160-10 meters. Using a T-network design and controlled by a BASIC Stamp BS2sx microcontroller, the EZ-Tuner will match at least a 16:1 VSWR for either unbalanced or balanced transmission lines.

Emtech ZM-2 Antenna Tuner Kit - The Emtech ZM-2 Antenna Tuner is a nifty little portable transmatch for QRP (low power). It utilizes the well-known Z-match circuit, which is especially useful for balanced antennas (like dipoles and loops).

Comparison of two windom antennas - The antenna comparison being reported was between a commercial Chelcom 136ft multi-band windom designed for 80m to 10m and a home brew 260ft full size windom designed for 160m to 10m by G0VVN, G3KAU and G3GRO

The New N1JOY HAMCOW - HAM Radio Communications On Wheels. Ham radio portable site operations.

Getting to know the Elecraft KX3 - N4KGL review of the Elecraft KX3 transceiver based on first experiences in portable operations.

500mw CW Transmitter - A very quick and easy way to get on the air is to build a "Michigan Mighty Mite" CW transmitter for 160, 80, 40 or 30 meters. It can't get simpler than this. It has very few parts, costs almost nothing, and it works! Cost estimate $10 by VE6WTF