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Portable satcom antennas - setup

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If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E8Qo8WA4as. This is post 2098 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Radio amateurs involved in SATCOM or UHF experiments, may be interested in this portable SATCOM antenna from GATR Technologies. The antenna can be air-dropped and set up easily by communications specialists on the ground.  While this antenna and its delivery system have a direct military application, they can be used by a variety of public service, commercial, and amateur/ham radio personnel. In this video, GATR Technologies explains how the integrated system works: "GATR is revolutionizing the ultra-portable SATCOM industry with its inflatable communications terminal. Compared to other deployable rigid dishes of comparable size, GATR’s unique shape and designs enable extreme portability, lower cost of ownership, reliability in extreme environments, and ease of set