Due to the fact that my old faithful RSS 2m portable aerial is no its last legs I am looking for a 2m Multi Function Dipole (MFD). Unfortunately SotaBeams no longer produces this aerial!
If anyone has one spare or that they don’t use and would like to sell it please PM me the cost including shipping to Southampton.
Hi Glyn, I made a dipole using a couple of telescopic antennas (the type used for receiving FM broadcast stations), a dipole centre and a length of PVC conduit cut into 3 pieces for ease of packing in to the rucksack. It can easily be used vertical or horizontal as the base of each antenna can be rotated 360 degrees and angled through 180 degrees. It can also be use whilst walking, mounted in the rucksack, the same as a MFD and because it’s telescopic you can use it for 70cm by altering the length of the antenna.
John,Thank you for this interesting info. I would like to make one of these. Do you have details that would help please. My son Sven 2E1CAF is wanting to make his first summit activation and we are looking for an antenna similar to the Sotabeams MFD.
Thank you,
Ian
G4WTF