The antenna is rated at 100 watts for all HF ham bands and weighs in at 1.5 pounds. Should be fairly easy to stuff in a backpack for hiking. We expect most radios will want a tuner for this ...

With the 4:1 transformer, the SWR on all the ham bands is within range of the radio’s tuner. We recently saw a fishing pole antenna that used no wire at all. If you want portable and fishing isn ...