portable power

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

Balun measuements - Why can't you find the specifications for the baluns on the market? The only specifications you'll see are the ratio, the power rating and a bandwidth that is more hoped for than reality.

W1CG Low Power Balun Kit - Contruction manual to build a 4:1 balun, it has good performance from 160 through 10 meters.

Magic T combiners splitters - The magic "T" combiner is a very useful device. It can provide equal voltages, equal current, or equal power to matched or unmatched loads. It is not a magic bullet.

Choke balun  ^pop - Essentially, a choke balun is designed to 'divorce' your antenna from the feed line. if your feed line is coaxial cable then you don't want it to be part of your antenna. you want to be able to deliver all your power to the radiator itself, i.e. 'the antenna'. a choke balun does this admirably

G4AON portable 6m J-Pole antenna - Ribbon cable J-Pole antenna for 6 Metres, with antenna picture and construction detail

Antenna system in a shopping trolley wally - Multiband portable antenna system edited by Andy Foad G0FTD, consisting of an old cb antenna with it's 27Mhz matching coil, an antenna tuner, car battery and a transceiver

Portable HF antennas - Excel sheet containing technical comparisons of commercial HF portable antennas compiled by ON4SKY. Includes pictures, manufacturer, db gain, band coverage, F/B ratio, price, weight and dimensions.

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

Omega and Gama Matching - Article about omega and gamma matching, related to bandwidth, loss and component failures, heating and power ratings

DirectionalBiQuad - Seattle Wireless - A biquad is a fairly powerful antenna which is relatively easy to construct, with impressive performance for their size. A link greater than 5 miles can be made with a pair of these as a stand-alone antenna and a Prism2 100mW card, provided you keep coax short, and your line-of-sight is clear.

KA6WKE Mobile installation blog - Amateur Radio operator interested in mobile & emergency operations, with some portable QRP operations.

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.

RFAC Solutions - RF Connectors Cable Assembly Attenuators Filters High Power VHF Amplifiers, Adapters MMCX MCX SMA SMB SMC BNC TNC N from RFAC Solutions

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

Electronika International Inc - Electronika International Inc, Cleveland, OHIO manufacturers wide range of Coaxial Cable Assembly, Coaxial Connectors & Adapters, Power Dividers, Attenuators, Coaxial Switches, Amplifiers, Fiber Optic cords, Bias TEE, Isolator & Circulator and other products

F5VLB amateur radio astronomy station Priority listing - F5VLB and EA4EOZ have designed a small but powerful system using satfinder and standard LNB to make radioastronomy. A step by step descritpion for the novice about radioastronomy, VLB and listening to echo of meteorite.

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.

Ham Mobile Radio Caravaning - Radio Camping & Caravaning: This page is about camping and caravaning by Amateur Radio Operators with their families, using portable and mobile radio communications.

Batteries America - Batteries for all your portable power needs.

Technical resources for design engineers using batteries and power supplies. - Resources for custom battery chargers and power supplies from powerstream

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.

Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQs - Car and deep cycle battery answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), tips, manufacturer's information, references and hyperlinks are contained on this consumer oriented Web site about car, motorcycle, power sports, truck, boat, marine, recreational vehicle, solar, and other starting and deep cycle applications.

A CW TX for 80 meters band - This simple circuit will give about 1.2 Watts of output when powered from a 13.8VDC supply.