PreppIR 20m-6m Portable, Quick Deploy Dipole System

The PreppIR series rotatable dipole offers fantastic performance while being our most portable, easy to use, quick deploy (QD) antenna – great for home base or portable operation. The antenna is simple to assemble, weighs a total of 15 lb and consists of two telescoping poles that are 18 feet on each side when extended – each side connected to the element housing unit (EHU), utilizing a quick disconnect fitting on each side. The 36v external power supply can easily be operated through an inverter or with a 24-36v battery (or two/three 12-volt batteries in series), or simply plug into a power outlet. Frequency coverage is 13.850 MHz – 54 Mhz and everywhere in-between! The dipole is easily mountable on a portable mast or can be fixed mounted just about anywhere.

Technology:

The PreppIR dipole utilizes a heavy-duty stepper motor that has a sprocket shaft mounted on it – the stepper motor receives signals from the electronic controller and then mechanically adjusts an indexed copper strip (looks like a copper tape measure with holes in the middle) to the exact length required to optimize the performance on every single frequency within its range of 13.850 to 54 MHz. There is no substitute for being able to optimize the length of a dipole – and there is no antenna that can match this kind of performance in such an easy-to-use package. The PreppIR dipole works well in both horizontal or vertical polarizations (long distance or short-hop), depending on your requirements.

• 20m-6m continuous coverage dipole
• Longest Element: 36 ft
• Turning Radius: 18 ft
• Weight: 15 lb
• Controller options:
  • SDA 100
  • OptimizIR 2.0