Communication During a
DISASTER
 Portable Ham Radio Survival Antenna
 

Ham Radio Survival Blog

TheSurvivalAntenna.com | Jun. 26, 2017 The importance of communications in a disaster, especially a grid-down situation is understood by most experienced preppers. Inexperienced preppers or non military personnel may find communication options confusing to daunting. This post will address portable ham radios; their abilities and limitations. The advent of inexpensive portable hand-held ham radios has greatly improved the landscape of disaster preparedness. These little gems could be the difference between life and death in many scenarios. An example of one of those scenarios could be trying to get home d...

Introducing the Survival Antenna

Be Prepared, Anytime, Anywhere

Our Antenna has been tested in the Rocky Mountains, and has transmitted and received signal up to 50 miles and beyond. [this depends on terrain and obstruction.] The antennas adaptor also allows you to connect to a car radio, [2 meter ham radio].

Even if you are not a licensed ham operator, hand held radios are legal to use on the MURS frequency.

The Survival Antenna makes a great field training tool.

 

SURVIVAL ANTENNA DEMO

 

Antenna Components:

8ft. 3in. of RG-58 coax.
3ft. 300 ohm ladder line twin lead. [1] adapter
of choice to match your radio. SO239 TO SMA male,SMA female, BNC male.
15ft. mil-spec 550 cord.
6 mil zip lock bag.

Each antenna is custom tuned.
All feed points are water protected with heat shrink tubing.
The antenna is hung in a tree simulating live use, then trimmed for specific frequency using an analyzer.
SWR,[Standing wave ratio], is set as low as possible for it’s frequency.
The Survival Antenna can be cut for any custom frequency.
The 550 cord has many uses but mainly for launching into a tree.
The product rolls up into a zip lock bag and easily fits into a small back pack or day bag.

Each antenna has an instruction sheet included.
Comes ready to use.
Very durable for use in rugged areas.

 

 

Important Ordering Information
 

ORDER THE SMA MALE ADAPTER IF YOUR RADIO IS THE FOLLOWING MODEL:

 

  • FT-2DR
  • FT-60R
  • FT-270R
  • FT-277
  • FT-252
  • FT-257
  • ALL VX RADIOS
  • FT-IDR-HD
  • KENWOOD
  • TH-K20A
  • TH-F6A
  • TH-D72A
ORDER THE SMA FEMALE ADAPTER IF YOUR RADIO IS THE FOLLOWING MODEL:

 

  • Wouxu
  • Any Tone
  • Baofeng
ORDER THE BNC ADAPTER IF YOUR RADIO IS THE FOLLOWING MODEL:

 

Any older model radio contact us if you radio is not on the list

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