Recommendations for a portable HF vertical antenna?

I am looking for a vertical HF antenna that can pack down small and not be insanely expensive. Any idea?

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w0odl@lemmy.radio · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The usual go to is the wolf river SOTA special http://www.wolfrivercoils.com/SOTA.html

UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.com · 1 pts · 3y

Ill check it out, thanks!

nonresonant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

The chameleon hybrid micro is a good working antenna with plenty of configuration options. Don't know what your budget is.

minorsecond@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

I grabbed an 80-10 EFHW antenna from eBay for like $60 that works really well. I used it for the first time on Field Day this year and got a 1.5:1 SWR even though I could only get it like 8 feet in the air. You can't get much smaller than a bunch of wire.

UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.com · 1 pts · 3y

One that I am looking at is the Super Antenna MP1DXG

caiusb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I’ve been using a Buddistick as main antenna and for POTA activations and it’s been working great.

It’s also reasonable affordable, even for the pro model.

UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.com · 1 pts · 3y

Ill check it out, thanks!