2m antenna for a man pack

[emclean]

where can i find a ridged antenna to attach to a pack frame for a Icom 2200H?

is there any commercially available (other than on ebay)?

 

[Mudfoot]

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamants/4723.html

http://www.arrowantennas.com/arrowii/146-4ii.html

http://www.arrowantennas.com/solid/146-4s.html

Plenty of vertical options, but you could make one. Plenty of plans to make a yagi or log.


My first military instinct of a man pack, is, well, a backpack kinda deal. Using a 2200 doesn't quite fit that plan. What is your definition of a man pack? A bug out kind a deal?

 

[emclean]

My first military instinct of a man pack, is, well, a backpack kinda deal.

i was thinking of a whip for a backpack (something to take along on hikes easily) i would love to find the equivalent of the SINCGARS man pack antenna.

Using a 2200 doesn't quite fit that plan.

why not? i figured i would need to mount it in a box, leaving a couple of inches all around it for air flow, what else am i missing about putting it in a backpack?

 

[W5LZ]

... power source?

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

why not? i figured i would need to mount it in a box, leaving a couple of inches all around it for air flow, what else am i missing about putting it in a backpack?

... power source?

Also cooling. In an enclosed bag/box whatever that radio will die of heat stroke unless the air can be circulated more than just having a little air space around it.

 

[Mudfoot]

It has fairly close to a 1 amp draw on receive.

 

[emclean]

okay I guess this goes in the pile of my hair brained ideas.
thank you for a warning me off before I fried a radio.

 

[Mudfoot]

Not hair brained at all. Just a few things to consider. I'd like to see a picture of your pack. It would be neat to have a contained system on a pack that could be taken off, laid down and switched to a portable base configuration.

I'm sure it's been done by many ops, I've just never paid much attention.

 

[emclean]

I was going to use my old radio ruck from my army days. a mediem Alice pack with a large pocket in it for the sincguar radio.
I was gonna build a box roughly the size of the pocket, and put the battery on the bottem of the pack frame.
I jumped a radio in it a couple of times, and didn't see any reason to re-invent the wheel.