FAQs
10-40/80M 100W HF MagLoop
Portable Alpha Loop covers VHF/UHF/HF where 10-40 Meters handles 100 Watts PEP SSB and 20W PEP SSB on 40/60/80 Meters when the included Booster Cable is installed, plus 100W on VHF/UHF/6M when the add-on element is installed.
10-80 Meter HF EMCOMM Antenna
This is the perfect first responder’s EMCOMM antenna, which solves the problem of carrying too much weight, eliminates the requirement for needing a lot of real estate to deploy an antenna, and cuts the time of deployment to 60 seconds.
HexTenna™ Portable Antenna
The HexTenna™ by Alpha Antenna® is a legal limit and full size portable VHF/UHF/HF system for 2 to 40 meters, 220MHz, & 440MHz.
HF MIL 2.0 FMJ Antenna
The Alpha HD-FMJ (Heavy Duty Full Metal Jacket) system is a complete 6-80 meter OCF (off-center fed) type HF antenna that is pre-tuned and requires no moving clips on coils or readjusting of whips for tuning.
v43 Vertical HF Antenna
Tough ultra-lightweight antenna that can be user configured in many ways.
HF JPole Sr & Jr Antennas
End Fed HF Antenna
10-80M ProMaster HF antenna
This 31 foot antenna is a tough ultra-lightweight (3.5 lb) antenna that can be user configured in many ways.
6-40 Meter HF MOTO Mobile Antenna
The Alpha MOTO-FMJ (Full Metal Jacket) provides you with the most Rugged and Compact HF mobile EMCOMM antenna system available.
10-80 Meter HOA Buster
Defeat your HOA with this hidden 10-80 meter antenna.
General Topics
Helpful tips on a wide range of topics.
Choosing the right Portable or Base HF Antenna when surrounded by significant obstacles will enable you to achieve your DX or NVIS objective. Read More
RF grounding, Lightning arrestors, and Lightening protection with grounds. Let’s get into it! Read More
No matter the emergency, when all else fails amateur radio works. War, Natural Disasters, Power or Internet failure. Read More
No study is required if your power does not exceed these Power (W) for PEP (Peak-envelope-power) inputs to the antenna and RF exposure limits. Read More
Noise or RFI of S7 and higher is often experienced, which makes operating amateur ham radio frustrating or impossible. This happens with so many different antennas and equipment that the ARRL actually has a question on the exam about it. So, in support of the ARRL’s guidance, here is that question and answer from the Extra Class Exam. Read More
We recommend looking at a Coaxial Cable Loss Chart to determine what coax to use. Read More
Here are the 3 quick steps setup setup WSPR. This is useful for examining band conditions and to determining signal patterns. Read More