| The various AT Military HF whips antennas are designed to be used with an Automatic Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU), such as the AT T-1.
They are suitable for mounting on any horizontal, flat surface.
They can be supplied with any hole pattern base.
They are extremely rugged, and meet MIL-STD 810 and Australian Defence Standard DEF-STAN 00-35.
The standard version is 3 metres high, and designed for mobile operation. Extra elements are available as an option so that it can be transformed into a 6m whip for stationary use—a guy kit is included. The AT T-1 tuner should be used with this configuration.
A Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) kit is included, for enhanced close-in operation.
Other variants are available in 2.4m and 3.0m lengths, with high-impact shock mounts or more cost-effective springs.
The shock mount variant can be flexed to 90° from the vertical with no damage caused to the base unit and whip antenna.
Carbon-fibre and aluminium elements are available.
Specifications | Electrical | | Frequency range | 1.6 to 30MHz, tuner-dependant | | Power rating | 1kW PEP | | Nominal Impedance | Untuned (tuner required) | | Radiation Pattern | Omni directional | | Polarisation | Vertical or pulled to an angle for NVIS | | High voltage whip contact protection | 11 kVAC | | Mechanical | | Height | 2.4m, 3m or 6m options | | Base hole pattern | Any NATO pattern, or user-defined | | Installation kit supplied | Gasket, socket-headed set-screws, nuts, washers and 500mm ATU connection lead | | Input connector | Insulated High Voltage stud (6m) | | Environmental | Ambient temperatures | -21 to +70C; DEF-STAN 00-34, test CL1 and test CL4 | | | Relative humidity | 98%; DEF-STAN 00-35 | | | Altitude | 3,00m ASL; DEF-STAN 00-35 | | | Immersion | 1.5m; DEF-STAN 00-35 | | | Driving Dust | DEF-STAN 00-35 | | | Corrosion/Salt | DEF-STAN 00-35 | | | Contamination | DEF-STAN 00-35 | | | Drop | DEF-STAN 00-35 | | | Vibration | DEF-STAN 00-35 | | Packed dimensions and weight | 3m carbon fibre whips | 170mm H x 170mm W x 1,430mm L, 4.8kg | | Weight | 3m carbon fibre whips | 3.8kg (Base, shockmount, 2 elements and gasket) | | Colour | | Customer-specified | Preliminary | 3m whip, shockmount, carbon-fibre elements | 02-4010-001 | | 3m whip, mechanically-matched barrel spring, carbon-fibre elements | 02-4011-001 | | 2.4m whip, mechanically-matched barrel spring, aluminium elements | 02-4012-001 | | |