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DEPLOYED Length (feet) |
PACKED (inch) |
Approx lb |
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NOTES DESCRIPTION |
Reference
Horizontal |
0.00 | 33 | - | - | Dipole of #6AWG copper braided wire supported on composite fiber dipole. | |
YP-2 Yagi Portable Beam
Super Antennas Vern W6MMA |
Forward
+2.85
Front-
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18.8 | 36x4x5 | 5 |
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Portable 2 element collapsible yagi beam of tubular aluminum, with
3/8-24 fittings, coils. Adjustable boom spacing, multiband. Half
of the driven element becomes a vertical whip.
*Note: recent manufacturer revised set-up dimensions may provide increased gain. This is the highest gain antenna ever tested in the HFpack Pedestrian Antenna Shootouts. |
Buddipole (long)
W3FF Antennas Budd W3FF |
+0.10 | 22.3 | 22x5x5 | 3 |
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Collapsible portable dipole of tubular aluminum, stainless steel telescopic whip, tapped, band-jumper coil, multiband. With 3/8-24 fittings, stackable arms, swivel mount. Half of the element becomes a vertical whip. |
Buddipole (medium)
W3FF Antennas Budd W3FF |
-0.04 | 18.2 | 22x4x5 | 2.5 |
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Collapsible portable dipole of tubular aluminum, stainless steel telescopic whip, tapped, band-jumper coil, multiband. With 3/8-24 fittings, stackable arms, swivel mount. Half of the element becomes a vertical whip. |
YP-1 Portable Dipole
Super Antennas Vern W6MMA |
-0.07 | 18.8 | 36x4x4 | 3 | Portable collapsible dipole of tubular aluminum, with 3/8-24 fittings, band coils. Half of the element becomes a vertical whip antenna. | |
KQ6XA Wing Dipole:
Bonnie KQ6XA |
-0.32 | 23 | 14x2x2 | 1.5 | - | Wire dipole on two telescopic Cabellas fishing poles and mounted on a backpack frame in a wide V angle. Ends of elements bent back and stretched between the tips of the poles with elastic band. Homebrew. |
Buddipole (short)
W3FF Antennas Budd W3FF |
-1.04 | 15.4 | 22x4x4 | 2 |
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Collapsible portable dipole of tubular aluminum, stainless steel telescopic whip, tapped, band-jumper coil, multiband. With 3/8-24 fittings, stackable arms, swivel mount. Half of the element becomes a vertical whip antenna. |
RDS-106
Radix |
-1.16 | 9.5
+capacity hats |
- | - | Collapsible portable rabbit ears dipole of stainless steel, changeable coils, capacitance end hats of stainless whips, with integral balun mount. | |
Hamstick Dipole
Lakeview Bonnie KQ6XA |
-1.86 | 14.9 | - | 1.5 |
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2 mobile whips arranged in a dipole configuratoin using #9120 Lakeview Hamsticks. |
Hustler
Whip Dipole
Hustler Glenn WB6W |
-2.11 | 13.7 | - | 3.3 |
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2 mobile whips arranged in a dipole configuration using New-Tronics Hustler resonator coils RM-20 with MO-1 masts. Homebrew configuration. |
SuperDuper Maldol Dipole
Ken WB6MLC |
-3.54 | 11.1 | - | 1.5 |
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2 portable Maldol whips arranged in a dipole configuration, with
22" aluminum extension tubing arms.
Homebrew mod. |
KA5S Tape Dipole
Cortland KA5S |
-3.58 | 33 | - | - | - | 2 steel tape measure reels arranged as an inverted vee, with aligator clips attached to the feedpoint. Reels are pancaked together at the feedpoint. Possible losses due to reels absorbing RF. Homebrew. |
DP-14 Rabbit Ear
Dipole
Diamond Bonnie KQ6XA |
-3.78 | 10 | - | 1 | Rabbit ear collapsible portable V-dipole with integral balun, stainless
steel whips.
Changeable coils. |
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