Pro Antennas
www.proantennas.co.uk
THE I-PRO TRAVELLER
The complete high performance antenna solution that fits in a 1m bag!
20m -17m -15m -11m -12m & 10m
A centre fed vertical dipole, no radials or grounding required!
Band coverage: 20m -17m -15m -12m -11m & 10m
The I-PRO Traveller packs away into a 1m carrying holdall, total weight including quad stand 7kg
Resonant design, no ATU, wire radials or grounding are required
The I-PRO Traveller is a centre fed half-wave vertical dipole with capacity hat end loading. We have chosen capacity hat loading for a very important reason; to keep the inductive loading to an absolute minimum and therefore minimise losses. The practical results are so impressive & consistent; they could only be obtained from a highly efficient antenna. The I-PRO is making its presence known with groundbreaking performance!
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The I-PRO can be set up in a couple of minutes, with its simple folding design. Weighing in at just 7 kg, including the quad legged base with a modest package length of only 1m, it really is a 'go anywhere' HF antenna solution.
Four independently-adjustable legs can easily be set to compensate for a wide range of uneven/real world terrain. This makes it possible to set the I-PRO Traveller up from a variety of locations. Even a sloping hill side with a 30 degree incline can be compensated for!
The I-PRO antenna package includes a circular spirit level - it simply pops into the base tube as an aid to setting the the I-PRO truly vertical. This is not critical with regard to the antenna's performance, we feel it's just the finishing touch to ensure the I-PRO stands truly upright!
Picture above: the Quad legged base, two folding capacity hat sections and the multi-band centre matching section
The I-PRO Traveller is a very high quality product with carefully selected components chosen throughout; High specification anodised thick walled seamless aluminium tubing; stainless steel fixings; gold plated 10 Amp sockets; German sourced 34mm diameter thick walled fibre glass tube provides massive structual strength and superb dielectric properties; 8mm solid fiber glass support rod that provides 90 degree feeder isolation and flexible - robust stress relief of connections. A sliding weather proof boot is included for easy access to the SO239 socket.
The I-Pro centre fed vertical dipole provides excellent radiation efficiency on six bands: 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 11m & 10m. Maximum power handling - 1200 Watts PEP. No requirement for radials, grounding or ATU. This package is very complete, ready for simple connection to your HF transceiver. What the package includes: All the I-PRO antenna multi-band components, multi-band matching section, the Quad legged base, spirit level, coax patch lead with all necessary connectors, laminated instuctions and a high quality custom made carrying holdall. The I-PRO is a self contained antenna system designed for placing on the ground and standing at 3m tall. Unlike quarter wave verticals, the I-PRO matching and performance has no dependency on ground work. There are no additional ground systems required so you can forget radials/grounding and no ATU is required. This antenna really does open up a world of operating opportunities, simply connect your coax lead to your HF transceiver and the I-PRO and your ready to go! 
The I-PRO Traveller is a very exciting product - why? There are several reasons; compact size; exceptional radiation efficiency; no radials or grounding required; the antenna can be deployed and ready for action in minutes; no requirement for an ATU. The multi-band version has been designed to offer you coverage of 20,17,15,12,11 & 10m. The band changing has been kept simple and robust by the use of two jumper leads. The centre matching section features our unique cable support system. An 8mm solid fiberglass rod supports the input patch lead. This is essential for feeder isolation whilst also providing the connections with robust stress relief, an intergrated weather proof boot protects the SO239 connection to the I-PRO. The package comes with a Quad leg support base, independent adjustment of each leg easily compensates for uneven and sloping ground. The I-PRO is built with high quality, heavy gauge, seamless anodised alloy tubing, the centre matching section has carefully chosen materials to ensure very low loss, stability and long term dependability - regardless of the weather conditions. All the fixings are stainless steel and the bracketing is heavy gauge zinc-plated steel. The package includes a circular spirit level to assist the setting up of the base. This adjustment is not critical with regard to performance, it's just a finishing touch to ensure the I-PRO stands truly upright! The centre matching section comes with a coaxial patch lead with all the necessary connectors. Extensive field testing has been carried out over a variety of ground conductivities: The SWR measured at resonance for each band is typically better than 1.2 : 1 The following bandwidth is to be expected between 1.5 : 1 SWR points 20m .... 300kHz 17m .... 500kHz 15m .... 900kHz 12m .... 1800kHz 11m .... 1870kHz 10m .... 2200kHz 
