portable antennas

HyLaunch - Antenna Launching System - The HyLaunch, Build a Compact, Integrated Antenna Launching System by Bill Jones, KD7S, Getting a portable antenna into the top of a high tree can be a real challenge without the right tools.

Mobile Antennas for 10 Meters - Interesting article on mobile antennas by Cebik, W4RNL

Ground System on a 160M vertical - Ground system measurements on a 160 M vertical by Rudy Severns N6LF

W3FF Portable Dipole  ^pop - This is the antenna w3ff designed for his walking portable station. It is a dipole constructed out of the plastic plumbing pipe CPVC. There are telescoping whips at the ends of each side of the dipole, and these whips are adjusted to bring the antenna into resonance on each of five HF Bands 10, 12, 15, 17, and 20 Meters

M3FVB VHF 8db collinear  ^{updated  pop} - Build a 2m 8db collinear for portable use

How to make an end-fed antenna work  ^pop - Here is a sure fire way to make end-fed halfwave antennas fed with a 50 ohm coupler work - without long radials, grounds, chokes, voodoo.

ARRLWeb: The HF Mobile Antenna - Members only articles on HF mobile antennas, includes an interesting RV antenna with a 5 bands coverage, and another similar antenna for camper.

A two dollar helical hf portable antenna  ^pop - Here’s an easily transportable vertical antenna for 20 meters collapsible to 4 feet that costs about $2.00 to make. This was created as a fun project to demonstrate how to enjoy operating HF in the field with a home-made portable antenna without spending a ton of money. Bev AH6NF (YL) made this antenna, tuned and ready to operate in less than one hour

The Challenge: Receiving Antennas - Importance of receiving antennas in working dx stations by Greg Ordy

Handi-Tenna portable satellite antenna - Here is a high-performance hand-held beam antenna that is easy to build and guaranteed to improve your downlink from the LEO satellites over ANY rubber duck or mobile whip

Amateur Radio Antennas: Ground Theory - Perfect ground vs. poor ground. What is the difference? How does the ground influence the DX-gain?

All HF Band Antennas - F6ITV consideration on HF Antennas, from trap wired anternnas, to center feed antennas.

Field-Deployable Antennas - Resonant dipoles, the W3EDP and end-fed wires, the extended double zepp, non-resonant doublets, and the "Zip-Cord Special" , the W6MMA vertical.

PY1LEO - Leonardo - ham radio,antennas,satelites,rtty,cw,packet,forum,my blog,and other aplication ham radio

Cobra UltraLite Antennas by K1JEK - The alternative multi-band solution, covers more bands than a G5RV, light weight, won’t damage your trees.

Star Antenna  ^updated - Communication Electronic designs, manufactures and markets antennas for fixed wireless and mobile wireless applications in a wide range of frequency bands.

The Gallery of the EME Arrays. - A Collection of EME Reflector Antennas and YAGI Arrays.

QRP Station in a Bag - QRP Station in a Bag is a complete QRP station in an old laptop PC carrying case (photo). It is a true "Work in Progress" in that wd8rif is constantly changing the contents of the bag as learn what works and what doesn't.

Hidden transmitter hunting - Interesting t-hunting projects, from antennas to audible smeters

A low power 3.5MHz ARDF transmitter - This low power transmitter is developed for ARDF exercising purposes but of course can be used as super QRP transmitter either. With 1 or 2 meter wire as antenna and a ARDF receiver with ferrite-rod antenna the range is about 100m but with better antennas and a 'real' receiver the range is probably much larger.

FT-817 Accessories - Low (or zero) Cost Accessories for the FT-817 Portable QRP MF/HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

N2APB Yaesu FT-817 review - Yaesu's FT817 and Super Antennas MP-1 review by George Heron, N2APB

Køemt's FT-817 QRP portable station - Transporting Yaesu FT-817 along with antennas and other accessories.

KD5PDP - Kenwood TH-F6A notes - Kenwood TH-F6A portable amateur radio transceiver notes

AA5TB Antenna Coupler / SWR Bridge - Wire antennas requires a special coupling network to properly couple my 50 ohm coax to the antenna's high impedance (5000 ohms)