portable dipole

A Stealthy 75 meter antenna - The 75 meter dipole at K7ZB was put up to meet the need for making contacts with friends in the Southwest and Southern California. As usual, it had to be put up so no one can see it from the surrounding neighborhood.

A VLF loop by IK0VVE - This antenna was born from the demand to use a loop for vlf operations in portable posting, avoiding the aid of long wires to stretch.

Portable yagi antennas - A 3 and 5 element portable yagi antennas for 2 meter band

ZR6KMD 2M Beam Antenna - This design was adapted from an article in the ARRL Handbook and built with simplicity and duplicity in mind. This antenna is a vast improvement over a standard dipole with a forward gain of around 8db with a front to back ratio of 10db.

Coax cable dipole antenna for 10 Mhz - Coaxial Cable Dipole for 30 meters band by I2NDT with detailed pictures of his dipole antenna setup.

Dipole for 40 meters - Shortened dipole with traps for 40 meters band in portuguese

Shortened dipole for 80-40 meters - A shortened dipole for 80 and 40 meters band in spansih

6 Meter 5/8 Wave Vertical Antenna - The G3JVL 6 Meter ground plane vertical is a compact antenna that is ideal for portable operations. If needed, it can be disassembled into a very small bundle no longer than the longest element.

KC0TKS Antenna Calculators - Allow calculation of a dipole, 3 element yagi and a vertical antenna

PY8ELO Dipole project - A spanish page about inverted V dipole construction tips and calculations.

Inverted Vee calculator - Online calculator for dipole and inverted vee antennas

Buddipole by ZR6KMD - A rotateable dipole specifically for the 20m based on W3FF Buddipole design by ZR6KMD

This Old Dipole - An antenna construction workshop conducted at Marshall N1FN's QTH

Build a multiband dipole - A nicely documented procedure to build a multiband dipole spending $30 in material and half an hour in assembling by Andrew Daniel - KI4QFY

"Halfer" End-Fed Halfwave Antenna  ^pop - End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna for the 7 or 10 MHZ amateur bands intended to provide a very simple to erect yet effective portable QRP antenna.

144-430 portable j-pole antenna  ^pop - A portable dual band j-pole antenna

DCTL Portable Antenna - A Low -Power, Distributed Capacitance Twisted Loop , indoor portable HF antenna by Monty Northrup, N5ESE

Ultimate Portable HF Vertical Antenna - A light and compact antenna that is easy to build, and easy to find parts for. Band coverage is 60 through 10 meters.

An End Fed Half Wave Antenna - This end fed type of antenna was marketted in the UK and is a useful system for the portable set-up. Being a half wave, no radials or counterpose wires are needed.

Idiot's guide to antennas - A very basic guide to antennas concept. Explain the usage of dummy load, basic antennas like dipole o j-poles.

Adrian's British - A site mainly concerning British Portable Valve Radios of the 1950's

VP2M DXpedition to Montserrat - Seven operators from six US States will travel to the small island of Montserrat in late January of 2007 to activate that island in a most unique way. Instead of big antennas, and tons of equipment, this DXpedition will instead focus on lightweight gear and portable operations.

RippleTech Electronics - Wide bandwidth Trapped Verticals and rotary dipoles, baluns, 40m/80m wire dipoles and accessories from Australia.

DXBeam - Located in France, DXBeam designs and manufactures a range of monoband, dual band and triband antennas, rotary dipoles, Moxons and Yagis

External Keypad for FT-817 - An external keypad for FT-817(ND), for the serious portable/field-day contester/operator. Homebrew it with the free firmware and public circuit diagram. The circuit is very simple and takes power supply from the ACC port of the radio