portable dipole

Broadband 80/160 Meter Dipole - An easy to build single wire antenna for 160 and 80 meters with a better than 2 to 1 swr across the 80 meter band by K5GP

VHF rubber duck Portable Antenna - You can make your own 2-meter "rubber duckies" that will likely perform much better than many commercial units.

W5VMs Shorty 40 Antenna - A shortened dipole for 40 meters band by Martin E. Meserve

Antenna Loading Coil Calculation  ^updated - The calculation refers to either a loaded 1/4 wave or a loaded dipole,

4:1 coax balun design - Online calculator for a 4 to 1 coax cable balun

The Cobra antenna - This article explores the Cobra Junior linear loaded antenna for 80m to 10m bands. This antenna is a linear loaded dipole described by W4JOH in 73 magazine June 1997

Folded dipole antenna by N4SPP - A quarter size cobra dipole antenna, a multiband dipole antenna for 40 to 10 meters basedn on original cobra dipole design but with a limited space by N4SPP

Center feed insulator - A center antenna insulator with feedline strain relief

Constructing simple wire antennas - Simple wire antennas like dipoles and verticals are dead easy to make: here’s how

Twoband-Antenna for HT - Homebrew a 2m/70cm portable or mobile whip antenna for your HT or mobile radio

Mobile Portable Whip Antenna - A simple base loaded quarter wave vertical, which can be used on a car or portable by G3YCC

Half Wave Portable Antenna - Steve Yates article on a portable half wave antenna for field day operations

DK7ZB Yagi revisited - A 4 yagi beam VHF antenna made with PVC easy to carry in a backpack for portable operations

Portable antenna comparison - Common antennas for portable use compared. A vertical antenna, a dipole antenna an inverted V and a fan dipole all at same height.

Inverted L portable antenna - N5ESE\'s 87 ft Inverted L Portable Antenna

The Petlowany Principle - Spipral antenna principle by a concept of Bill Petlowany, K6NO. Tak Antennas are based on this principle, using spirals as dipole linear wires.

Dipoles versus Verticals - One of the classic arguments in amateur radio is whether a dipole or vertical is the best antenna

Antennas 101 - Dipoles, Doublets and Verticals by Rob May NV5E

Rubber duck portability with quarter-wave performance - This article describes an application of Tucker's design which results in the most satisfactory two meter portable antenna this author has ever used.

QRP 1:1 Current-type Balun for Portable Use - A ferrite-loaded coaxial RF choke which just happens to yield the same result as a 1:1 current balun

Advanced Battery Systems - Specializes in providing portable power solutions. Custom battery pack assembly is primary function, but also distribute batteries for many battery manufacturers.

Alternate Power Sources - Article about alternate power sources, like portable generators, solar panels, batteries and wind turbines

N2CQR 20 meter portable DSB transceiver - Homebrewed transceiver for 20 meter originally born for 17 meters band

NHRC-2 Based Repeater Controller - NHRC-2 Based Repeater Controller A perfect controller for a simple repeater or link, or portable/solar powered system.

Kenwood TH-215 TH-415 mods - Unfilter LF output from the TH215/415 kenwood portable radio