Omnidirectional receive/transmit antenna

Rohde & Schwarz has released the Broadband Manpack Antenna R&S HK060, a vertically polarised omnidirectional receive and transmit antenna designed specifically for portable radios. With a frequency range of 30 to 513 MHz, the antenna is suitable for multiband/multirole radios (MMRs).

The antenna offers similar performance to commercially available VHF band antennas and standard UHF band antennas, but in the one product, thus reducing the weight of equipment carried by the operator and avoiding the need to change antennas when changing frequency bands.

The antenna is lightweight and easy to mount with just the one connector between radio and antenna. For transportation, the antenna can be folded, with the folded state optimising antenna performance in the frequency range between the tactical VHF and tactical UHF frequency ranges.