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SECTION 2 – System Overview
Physical Description
Physically this antenna consists of:
1 –Padded Black Case,
1 – 6 foot Anodized Black Steel Tripod (NOTE – Guying the tripod is recommended, and for permanent
deployments, a user supplied mast that is 6 feet high can be used),
1 – 2-30MHz antenna.
Equipment Characteristics
Low noise receive characteristics occur due to the entire antenna system being placed close to the earth. This
balanced system requires no additional components be added to achieve a gain of -21 dBi at 2 MHz, gain which
increases to -3.4 dBi at 15 MHz and above. The VSWR is 2.5:1 or less over the 2 to 15 MHz band, peaking at 3:1 on
19MHz, and less than 2.5:1 from 21 to 30 MHz. At the lower frequencies, the maximum radiation is toward the
zenith and the azimuth patterns are essentially omni directional. The antenna is designed for 100 W average and
250 W PEP.
