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(Quick and simple article describing portable antennas. Needs more details of St. Louis Vertical, inverted vees, etc.)
 
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== Portable Verticals ==
== Portable Verticals ==
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Revision as of 17:55, 8 April 2009

Portable antennas are designed to be easily transported from one location to another, and can be set up and taken down quickly. Portable antennas are frequently used when camping or backpacking. See Adventure Radio Society (ARS) and Trail-Friendly Radio for more information.

Portable antennas should not be confused with mobile antennas, which are designed to be used while in motion.

Simple Dipoles

Crappie Pole technique

Portable Verticals

Antennas
Design Beam * Dipole * Dish or Parabola * DDRR * Log Periodic (LPDA) * Loop * Mobile and portable * Omnidirectional * Panel * Quad and Quagi * Screwdriver * Small tuned loop * Vertical * Yagi-Uda * Wire and random wire antennas
Installation Antenna Tuners * Capacity hats and loading coils * Cavity filters * Coaxial Cable * Feedlines * Rotators * Towers and Masts * VK2ACY - G5RV coupler
Theory Front-to-back ratio * Impedance matching * SWR * Tower design * Vertical Antenna efficiency * Wire comparison tables