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Wearable Antenna Hides Your Whip Under Your Vest
October 2nd, 2009 | Modern Day Marine 2009 | Posted by Rob Curtis
Bobby Dennis was working as an Marine E5 radio tech in Falujah when he had and idea. He had his mom send over the supplies he needed to make what would become the Tactical Vest Antenna System (TVAS). He saw the long whip antennas as a sure sniper target and wanted to protect anyone that used a radio on the battlefield.
His system consists of two shaped panels that contain radio antenna arrays and hide them in body armor. The panels are linked by a breakaway cable running over the shoulders. The two panels work together to replace a standard whip antenna, covering 30-512 mhz. That’s good for the low powered PRC-148, 152, 153. Above 7 watts, though, there may be safety issues keeping the antenna so close to the body. Since the system sits inside the armor carrier sleeve on top of the rifle plates, two versions are available to accommodate body armor that opens from the top or bottom. The TVAS runs $485. More info here.
Tags: c2, electronics, radio