SHORTWAVE RADIO BROADCAST ANTENNAS

SHORTWAVE RADIO BROADCAST ANTENNA TYPES
SPECIFICATION SHEETS
Abbr Model Radiation
Pattern		 Polari-
zation		 Broadcast
Range		 Power
Level		 Price
Indication
HD horizontal dipole D

H
S

L

50,000 US$
SV sloping V D

H

M
L M
50,000 US$
RH rhombic D

H

M L L M H 100,000 US$
LPH horizontal log-periodic D

H
S M L L M H 200,000 US$
LPV vertical log-periodic D


V
M L L M
400,000 US$
HR curtain D

H

M L

H 600,000 US$
RLP rotatable log-periodic
R
H

M L L M H 1,200,000 US$
RHR rotatable curtain
R
H

M L

H 3,000,000 US$
IL inverted L

O H V S

L

50,000 US$
BD broadband dipole

O H
S M
L M
50,000 US$
VM broadband monopole

O
V S M L L M H 50,000 US$
HQ quadrant

O H
S M

M H 100,000 US$


SHORTWAVE RADIO BROADCAST ANTENNAS
OVERVIEW TYPES PER MANUFACTURER
Abbr Model ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS FORMER MANUFACTURERS Abbr
ANT BAE CES HAN KIN KRA LBA LEN SIN TCI AMP AND ASC MAR RFS RIZ SAB TSB
HD horizontal dipole
X

X




X


X


HD
SV sloping V X X











X


SV
RH rhombic



(X)












RH
LPH horizontal log-periodic X X X X
X
X
X
X X
X

X LPH
LPV vertical log-periodic X X

(X) X
X
X
X X
X

X LPV
HR curtain X
X
(X)


X X X

X


X HR
RLP rotatable log-periodic X X


X

X (X)
X X
X
X X RLP
RHR rotatable curtain

X




X
X





X RHR
IL inverted L





X










IL
BD broadband dipole X X
X
X
X X X
X X
X
X X BD
VM broadband monopole X X
X X X
X X X
X X
X X
X VM
HQ quadrant

X




X
X

X


X HQ


SHORTWAVE RADIO BROADCAST ANTENNAS
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MANUFACTURERS OF
SHORTWAVE RADIO BROADCAST ANTENNAS
Link to Antenna Products Corporation Antenna Products Corporation
101 S.E. 25th Avenue, P.O. Box 520
Mineral Wells, TX 76067-0520
U.S.A.
Phone : +1 (940) 325-3301
E-mail: info@antennaproducts.com
Link to BAE Systems BAE Systems Australia
Level 2, 80 Flinders Street
Adelaide, SA 5000
AUSTRALIA
Phone : +61 8 8480 8888
E-mail: info@baesystems.com
Link to Cestron Cestron International GmbH
Oderstraße 67
14513 Teltow
GERMANY
Phone : +49 3328 339850
E-mail: info@cestron.de
Link to DKK Denki Kogyo DKK Co., Ltd.
Shin-Tokyo Building, 7th Floor, 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0005
JAPAN
Phone : +81 3 3216 1760
E-mail: sales@denkikogyo.co.jp
Link to Hanjin Hanjin Electronic Ind. Co., Ltd.
21 Hwahap-ro 570beon-gil, Nam-myeon
Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do 11409
SOUTH KOREA
Phone : +82 70-7169-3900
E-mail: hanjinetc@naver.com
Link to High Gain Antenna High Gain Antenna
224 Sandan-ro, Wonsi-dong, Danwon-gu
Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do
SOUTH KOREA
Phone : +82 31-490-6600
E-mail: info@highgain.co.kr
Link to Kintronic Laboratories Kintronic Laboratories, Inc.
P.O. Box 845
Bristol, TN 37621-0845
U.S.A.
Phone : +1 (423) 878-3141
E-mail: ktl@kintronic.com
Link to Kratos Antenna Solutions Kratos Antenna Solutions
606 Beech Street West
Whitby, ON, L1N 5S2
CANADA
Phone : +1 (905) 665-4304
E-mail: jim.nitsopoulos@kratosdefense.com
Link to LBA Technology LBA Technology, Inc.
3400 Tupper Drive
Greenville, NC 27834
U.S.A.
Phone : +1 (252) 757-0279
E-mail: lbagrp@lbagroup.com
Link to Lencom Lencom Antennas Pty. Ltd.
8 Antonio Court
Newton, SA 5074
AUSTRALIA
Phone : +61 8 8365 1900
E-mail: info@lencom.com.au
Link to Sino-Sky Beijing Sino-Sky Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
Floor 12 Building No.12, New Start Garden, No.5 Chang Chun Qiao Rd
Haidian Disctrict, Beijing 100089
CHINA
Phone : +86 (10) 8256 1211
E-mail: sales@sino-sky.com.cn
Link to TCI - Technology for Communications International TCI International, Inc.
3541 Gateway Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94538
U.S.A.
Phone : +1 (510) 687-6100
E-mail: tci_sales@spx.com


THESE COMPANIES NO LONGER MANUFACTURE
SHORTWAVE RADIO BROADCAST ANTENNAS
Ampegon Antenna Systems Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
Ampegon Antenna Systems
Carl-Benz-Strasse 6-8
67105 Schifferstadt
GERMANY
Andrew Corporation Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
Andrew Corporation
10500 West 153rd Street
Orland Park, IL 60462-3099
U.S.A.
ASC Signal Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
ASC Signal
606 Beech Street West
Whitby, ON, L1N 5S2
CANADA
Marconi Communications Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
Marconi Communications
Marconi House, New Street
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1PL
UNITED KINGDOM
RFS Radio Frequency Systems Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
RFS Radio Frequency Systems
36 Garden Street
Kilsyth, VIC 3137
AUSTRALIA
RIZ-Transmitters Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
RIZ-Transmitters Co.
Bozidareviceva 13
10000 Zagreb
CROATIA
Sabre Communications Corporation Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
Sabre Communications Corporation
2101 Murray Street, P.O. Box 658
Sioux City, Iowa 51102-0658
U.S.A.
Transradio SenderSysteme Berlin Shortwave Radio Broadcast Antennas
Transradio SenderSysteme Berlin AG
Mertensstrasse 63
13587 Berlin
GERMANY