Portable | Lightweight Uplink Station

G0TKZ Hi..DG0OPK is using this antenna for uplink..maybe you like this:

https://www.wlan-shop24.de/24-…3psQAdEAQYAiABEgIEsvD_BwE

G0TKZ

I am using the 40 turn 13cm Helix from Wimo for uplink. The antenna is 1.2m long and not so easy to transport. You should use a cardboard roll as a protection to not bend the windings if you want to transport the antenna. 1.2m is too long for in the suitcase. I think the WiFi grid antenna is the better solution for portable activities. I use the antenna because I have no space on the mast for a reflector.

Maybe you could also consider the smaller WiFi antennas that usually are "panel" type and consist of a circuit board with a lot of stacked dipoles fed in phase.

On the uplink you can always exchange antenna gain for output power.

However, be careful that a WiFi antenna actually can handle the output power you use.

(this is not a problem for that large grid but it could be for the smaller antennas that require more output power)

Of course don't use the well-known small yagi for WiFi "with 25dB gain", it is fake.

Maybe an umbrella is more portable

Maybe you could try only a patch for the uplink, like i did 2weeks ago. Works ok with +-10w on to the patch. It was mounted on top of a 30cm small offset dish (from a camping set) for the receive.

Mine is a G3RUH patch.

Jerry