There are many items which experience has proven are necessary for successful operations
under stressful emergency situations. The better prepared the Operator is, the greater the chance of being able
to convey, accurately, the messages and information dispatched. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service Official Emergency
Station Operator may wish to include items necessary to master the skill of rapid deployment and tuning of HF-
and NVIS-HF-antennas ,in the "Go-Kit:"
. . . Center-Fed Dipole
NVIS Double
Dipole
* - Center PCV support
* - Ground Stake
* - Double Feedpoint
* - Wire
* - Eggs
* - Supports
* - Safety Flags
PVC Dipole
/ Inverted "V"
* - Dipole PVC "T" Adapter
* - Dipole "T" Adapter
Tree Dipole
// Loop NVIS
* - 1:1 Center Balun, or
* - Wire Tie (Center Insulator)
* - String
* - Slingshot
Fish Poles
Dipole @ 10 Feet
* - PVC Pipe
* - Base Mount
* - Fish Poles
* - "T" Adapter
* - Fish Pole Wire
. . . Off-Center Fed Dipole
* - Same as Dipoles, Above
. . . End-Fed Wire
* - Same as Dipoles, Above
. . . HF Antenna Supports
* - Bamboo
* - PVC
* - Improvise |