portable antennas

Quagi and Yagi on 2 Meters - Designing quagi and yagi antennas on 2 Meters, some preliminary notes by Cebik, W4RNL

Two portable antennas for 6-meter - VE7CA reprint an interesting article taken from arrl antenna compendium. Two elegant practical and portable 6-meter gain antennas, a two-element quad and a tree-element Yagi antenna for 50 Mhz-6 meter band

Six Meter Wavelength Band Antennas - Why 6 meter hams design the best antennas

Dipole Height  ^pop - How High should my Dipole be? Dipole Antennas and the effect of height above ground

Wire Antenna Life - How long should a wire antenna last? Wire antennas are not forever. Installation and quality are major factors in the useful life. Don't forget maintenance. You can avoid an untimely failure.

Loop Antenna Design - Full-wave loops are very popular antennas. They are especially useful on 80 and 40 meters where they perform well at modest heights

HFPack: pedestrian antennas - A pedestrian antenna is considered to be a lightweight antenna that can easily be carried to the shootout by one person in a backpack or bag.

A tri-band 2 element portable Yagi - Additional notes and eznec file on original article of a Portable 3-Band Yagi antenna for 10-15-20 meter band made with wire elements, original article published by VE7CA

Why Quads - Why quads are considered best antennas by ve3sqb

Vertical plane antennas' beaming comparision - Animated quad and yagi comparison. You can see antennas' characteristics behavior in a vertical plane with changing of the height.

The Quagi antenna - History of quagi antennas, by Wayne Overbeck, N6NB

About trap antennas - Negatives sides of using trap antennas

CSVHFS Antenna Gain Measurements - The Central States VHF Society has conducted Antenna Gain Measurements since its inception in 1967. Comparisons between commercial and homebrew antennas, between different homebrew designs, and between different commercial designs. Mostly VHF UHF and up antennas.

Coaxial Traps for multiband antennas - A new perspective on the analysis and design of this popular antenna element. By Karl-Otto Müller, DG1MFT

Installing Wire Antennas - Before selecting an antenna system, you must first find a place to put it. A selection of techniques to setup antennas upon trees using pulleys or other tools

High Performance Wire Antennas - Popularity doesn't guarantee high antenna performance, disadvantages of trap antennas

A two element yagi bean - Simple gain antennas for the beginner, a 2 element yagi antenna

Mobile-Portable Info Page - Mobile-Portable is a discussion list for anyone with questions regarding the operation of amateur radio from mobile or portable locations.

BlueSky Mast - Antenna masts, mounts, tripods and poles. Elevating solutions. Portable Antenna Masts

KU4AB Antennas - VHF UHF Antennas, SQ line antennas

Jetstream - Antennas, base mobile scanner and vhf antenna, coax cables, coax switch, Lightning Arrestor, mounts, power supply, speakers and wattmeters

HFPack - HFpack provides an information exchange about transceivers, antennas, systems, HF packs, propagation, new developments and techniques in HF portable operation. Radio Amateurs are invited to participate in egroup and on-the-air nets around the world.

W6JOE's Power Box - This is W6JOE's description of a battery box installation for an HF Mobile rig, which followed a number of messages on the subject on the Mobile - Portable mailing list. Interesting batteries setup.

Batteries America - Batteries for all your portable power needs.

Avoid pitfalls when recharging batteries to ensure long life - Portable design - avoid pitfalls when recharging batteries to ensure long life - secondary batteries can be simple devices, but improper charging can be devastating to the user experience.