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Cheap and light portable 2m Yagi

NVIS antennas, also known as Near Incident Vertical Skywave antennas have a high angle of radiation. Something on the order of 60 degrees, to straight up to 90 degrees. A portable, easy to setup and cheap nvis antenna project.

A vehicle mounted portable antenna mast.

A review of the Buddipole Deluxe Antenna portable HF VHF ham radio antenna

A review of some portable antennas for SOTA operations, including linked dipoles, end-fed, verticals

TransWorld Antennas TW2010 Traveler HF Portable Vertical Antenna setup instructions

This handy and cheap portable dipole can be folded and backpacked, carried in use, and adjusted to a very wide range of frequencies.

Homemade dipole antenna for portable use

Have you ever thought of setting up a portable HF station for an activity ?

The Vertical Buddi Beam on 20m using no Coils. n this article I am going to describe a totally new way to construct and use a very old design the two element Yagi antenna. Unlike the traditional Yagi this design does not require a Tower or a boom, it is 100 percent portable and most important high- performance and easy to assemble using standard Buddipole components.

A Low Power Indoor Portable HF Antenna by N5ESE

M0CVO Antennas, amateur radio antennas for fixed station or portable operations, HF/6m all are catered for. The antennas produced by us are all manufactured by Nigel Booth, M0CVO

Civilianized and Militarized HF antenna systems for Portable, Base, Mobile, Manpack. Antenna manufacturer based in MO USA

A dual band portable inverted V antenna for 80 and 40 meters band with dimensions for other bands and several assembling instruction

A portable VHF/UHF portable 6 element Yagi antenna project by OH2GVB

Reviews of two types of poles used on portable operation to support wire antenna and accessories to plant poles in the ground by N4KGL

A review of the Superantennas MP-1 portable HF antenna

The author explores the VP2E antenna, introduced by Ed Durrant DD5LP, for Portable Operations on the Air (POTA). Detailing its unique design, successful trials, and an unexpected propagation twist, the VP2E proves a promising addition to the author's portable antenna arsenal.

N5KGL interesting article on portable antennas. Greg report his experience on using several types of portable antennas.

Homebrewing portable antennas for field day operations

Ultra portable and lightweight folding beam antennas based on G3TXQ design

A cheap and easy to build tape measure antenna suitable for RDF or any portable operation use.

This project is a portable device used to automatically point a directional antenna towards an orbiting satellite. It takes all the effort out of little kids holding the antenna and figuring out where to point it. It allows students to talk through Amateur Radio satellites or download weather satellite images.

A simple drawing schematic of a portable field dipole for 14 MHz with dimensions in meters and instruction for setting up the antenna and to store the radial for easy transportation

A Microvert antenna by KD5RVX based on the original microvert concept by DL7PE. PDF includes a 20 foot portable PVC tower project

This article is about a 4 element yagi VHF antenna designed to be easy to be assembled and suited for portable operations

A page describing how to home made a custom 9:1 balun for a common portable wire antenna. The author suggest to use 4C65 or FT140-61 toroids instead of the common Amidon T200-2

Centerloaded mobile antenna Handy for stationary, mobile and portable operations

A simple kit for temporary, lightweight, wire tactical antenna systems is essential for any field Ops. Described in this article a kit as it fits in a standard US Military M-1956 Butt Pack

A simple portable antenna for SOTA VHF is described in this article dedicated to portable operations

Antennas manufacturer based in Germany produce portable and wire HF VHF antennas

Multiband Trap Dipole, portable short antennas, accessories and kits by DG1DBM

Aerial 51 is an antenna manufacturer producing HF Wire antennas. Their antenna product catalog includes portable, OCF wire antennas for HF bands but also QRP transceivers, and accessories for portable operations.Based in Germany

Homebrewing a Lightweight linked dipole HF antenna for portable SOTA operations

Italian station operating mostly in QRP Mode, contain some interesting QRP projects for portable antennas and antenna mounts.

A page describing how to setup a magnetic loop antenna with the DIY Magnetic Loop Starter Kit produced by Chamaeleon Antenna. Includes a video and a detailed instructions to setup.

A great and efficient monoband VHF portable antenna. The article consist of two version of a 12.5 Ohm 3 elements yagi beam antenna plans for the two meter band, a full sized and a shortened version expecially designed for the SSB and CW on 144 MHz.

MFJ-971 Portable Antenna Tuner Modifications adding a bypass switch and increasing inductance to tune on 1.8MHz

A portable wire antenna for the HF bands, made with a common speaker wire. In its natural form, the speaker wire acts as parallel feed line coming up to the bottom of the PVC feed point. From there, it's split into two wires, one heading out each side of the PVC tee.

A portable (15.5 foot diameter) NVIS loop for 3.5 to 7.3 MHz. Performs well at high and low takeoff angles, and has smaller footprint than most NVIS antennas.

British ham radio antenna products manufacturer, base and portable antennas, mobile antennas, baluns, masts, production is mostly based on wire and whip antennas

This project is a portable device used to automatically point a directional antenna towards an orbiting satellite. It takes all the effort out of little kids holding the antenna and figuring out where to point it. It allows students to talk through Amateur Radio satellites or download weather satellite images. Note: This is a complex DIY project for the advanced kit constructor.

An experimental prototype of an asymmetrical hatted vertical dipole antenna that can work on HF bands 20 to 10 meters band. The AHVD Vertical dipole is an upside-down T design

The Shoddytenna is a 160 meters band vertical antenna intended for portable use. This antenna takes just 15 minutes to erect on site, can be carried by hand and is ideal for local groundwave work.

A home made portable vertical antenna, that with a single 1/4 wave counterpoise wire is possible to achieve less than 1.5:1 SWR on 40, 30, and 20 meter bands. It is basically a center load, shortened ground plain vertical antenna.

A simple portable dipole antenna for the 40 meter band using a total lenght of 18 meter. It can be used for 80 to 10 meters coverage using a antenna tuner.

A portable home made wire dipole antenna that works on 40 30 and 17 meters band.

A portable operation experience with a SpiderBeam pole during a contest, testing wire antennas, like dipole and delta loops configurations on 20 40 and 80 meters band.

This is a project aboout compact and portable a QRP antenna tuner for use in the HF ham radio bands from 3-30 MHz, even if it's a compact and efficient project this small antenna tuner will not match any possible load.

This is a detailed, technical piece, intended mostly for makers and more creative activators, who enjoy building and using their own tools on the summits. A multiband portable antenna tuner supporting 10W, small and light, suitable for SOTA operations