Patent ID: 8902121

Claim:
A portable field antenna (PFA) platform for supporting an L-band antenna and communicating via a cable, said platform comprising: a plurality of tubes, each tube having a sleeve and a ferrule inserted therein at a first end of said sleeve, wherein said ferrule of a first tube detachably inserts into a second end of said sleeve of a second adjacent tube; a shock cord that passes through each said tube to connect said plurality of tubes together from a first concatenating terminal to a second concatenating terminal by elastic tension; and an antenna mount that attaches to the antenna and connects to said first concatenating terminal, said mount including: an antenna connector for connecting the cable to the antenna, a bracket for the antenna, a flange that connects to said shock cord, a vertical plate that connects to said flange, and a hinge that pivotably connects said bracket to said plate for roll adjustment of said mount to said mast, wherein said plurality of tubes forms one of a zig-zag bundle in a stow configuration with said ferrule and said sleeve on said adjacent tubes being foldably separate from each other, and a mast in a deploy configuration having said ferrule on said first tube being inserted into said sleeve on said adjacent second tube for said plurality of tubes.