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 of UHF and VHF emergency
antennas in the "Go-Kit:"
Two-Meter Band
Stock HT Antenna
Aftermarket HT Antenna with "Tiger Tail"
J-Pole
Two-Meter "Rabbit Ears"
Two-Meter "Quik-Quad"
Two-Meter, Three-Dimensional Folded Loop
Bamboo Pole Yagi
Two-Meter "Slingshot" Antenna
Two-Meter Bobtail Curtain
Quad
Jagi
Moxon Square
Mag Mount / Cookie Sheet Counterpoise
70cm Band
Stock HT Antenna
Aftermarket HT Antenna with "Tiger Tail"
J-Pole
Quad/Quagi
Jagi
Moxon Square
Mag Mount / Cookie Sheet Counterpoise
Six-Meter Band
Stock HT Antenna (with 6M extension)
Aftermarket HT Antenna with "Tiger Tail"
J-Pole (long)
Six-Meter "Quik-Quad"
Moxon Square
Mag Mount / Cookie Sheet Counterpoise |