field expedient antennas?

Does anyone know what FM covers improvised and field expedient antennas? The Ranger Handbook has some but my copy is pre SINCGARS and now my platoon needs to upgrade training to mach our new equipment.

hmmm, let me get back to you on that... i will go ask one of our "war wise" commo guys on monday, but you could use the ol' copper fish line antenna! it works great!

The field expedient 292 antenna and the expedient Patrol Antenna that the Ranger Handbook covers will both work with SINCGARS. You can either get a connector for them or you can attach the ground wire to the handle and the other one to the antenna port. If I am wrong the commo guys can correct me, but I believe this to be truth. The only thing about using an expedient antenna with SINCGARS is that you have to cut it for a specific frequency, thus eliminating the possibility of using the Frequency Hopping(FH) mode. Also, the PRO commo guys that carry the MOS might find this a little corny, but for dummies like me I went to a Ham radio outlet and bought a book called Practical Wire Antennas. It should give you some good ideas. I hope this helps. SCOUTS OUT!

[RTOTrainer]

Originally Posted by D

Does anyone know what FM covers improvised and field expedient antennas? The Ranger Handbook has some but my copy is pre SINCGARS and now my platoon needs to upgrade training to mach our new equipment.

You want FM 24-19 Radio Operator's Handbook. Unfortunately it is also pre-SINCGARS, but what you have to know is that any field expedient antenna unless it includes a fequency matching unit (possibly scrounged from a OE-254 feedcone) and a 4:1 balun, you can only use it in Single Channel mode.

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SGT Robert White
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[Rusty24]

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