A noise abatement system, comprising: a plurality of noise abating resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410), each resonator (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) holding a gas therein and being responsive to acoustic energy in a vicinity of said resonator (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410); said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) arranged into a deployable arrangement within a collapsible frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) so that said deployable arrangement provides a deployed configuration of said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) in said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) when the system is deployed, and a stowed configuration of said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) in said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) when the system is not deployed; and said deployed configuration having said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) in an extended position so that said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) are spaced further apart from one another than they would be when stowed, and said stowed configuration having said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) in a contracted position so that said resonators are spaced closer together than they would be when deployed wherein said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) are arranged into a plurality of rows (222, 420, 930, 1430) in said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830), each row (222, 420, 930, 1430) having a common row support member (202, 622, 624, 626, 628, 632, 634, 636, 638, 820, 920) coupled to resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) in said respective row (222, 420, 930, 1430), the plurality of resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) and rows generally defining a panel of resonators (400, 710, 1450, 1510, 1610, 1710, 1810), characterized in that said panel of resonators including a telescoping side support member (340, 940). a plurality of noise abating resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410), each resonator (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) holding a gas therein and being responsive to acoustic energy in a vicinity of said resonator (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410); said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) arranged into a deployable arrangement within a collapsible frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) so that said deployable arrangement provides a deployed configuration of said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) in said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) when the system is deployed, and a stowed configuration of said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) in said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) when the system is not deployed; and said deployed configuration having said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) in an extended position so that said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) are spaced further apart from one another than they would be when stowed, and said stowed configuration having said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830) in a contracted position so that said resonators are spaced closer together than they would be when deployed wherein said resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) are arranged into a plurality of rows (222, 420, 930, 1430) in said frame (605, 925, 1520, 1620, 1630, 1740, 1830), each row (222, 420, 930, 1430) having a common row support member (202, 622, 624, 626, 628, 632, 634, 636, 638, 820, 920) coupled to resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) in said respective row (222, 420, 930, 1430), the plurality of resonators (102, 202, 410, 610, 942, 944, 1410) and rows generally defining a panel of resonators (400, 710, 1450, 1510, 1610, 1710, 1810), characterized in that said panel of resonators including a telescoping side support member (340, 940).