TM 9-2350-275-BD
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
General Information:
This procedure gives instructions for the construction of a field expedient antenna if no
other antenna is available.
Limitations:
q Slight reduction in reception and transmission range
Personnel/Time Required:
q 1 soldier
q 15 minutes
Material Tools:
q Pole, wooden or stick, 10-foot length
q Tape, electrical, string or rope
q Wire, copper or cable, telephone, WD-1/TT, 10-foot length
Other Options:
q Repair broken metallic whip antenna (refer to para. 11-17).
q Field expedient replacement antenna (refer to para. 11-19).
q Field expedient ground plane antenna (refer to para. 11-21).
Procedural Steps:
1.
Scrape the paint from the top two or three inches of the antenna stub.
2. Attach nine feet of copper wire or telephone cable along the length of the pole
with tape. Scrape the insulation from the remaining one foot of wire.
NOTE
Total length of wire and antenna stub should not exceed nine
feet.
3. Hold the pole along side the remaining section and base of the antenna. Wrap the
bare one foot section of wire tightly around the scraped portion of the broken antenna
and
wooden pole.
4. Lay the short end of the bare wire on top of the stub. Push wire into the stub hole
and jam in place with a wooden peg. Tape peg to stub.
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