These links may help you out<br><br>http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/0791033.pdf<br>http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/ab18-16.pdf<br><br>They are from the American Radio Relay League website and describe how to build very simple antennas called "groundplanes". You can get all the parts at any Radio Shack and assembly time is less than an hour.<br> The end product can then be balled up and packed with a length of coaxial cable and some fishing line.<br> To use the antenna just staighten the wires, hoist it into a tree with the line and plug your radio into the coax. <br> It will perform much much better than a rubber duck antenna.<br><br>Chris