Overview

SOTAbeams Pico Trap Kits

SOTAbeams Pico Trap Kits are a pair of miniature antenna traps that you can build to create a super lightweight portable multiband HF wire antenna. Designed for QRP portable operations at 10 watts or less, Pico Traps allow the hobbyist to make their own two or three band dipole or end-fed halfwave.

Pico Traps are:
- The smallest, lightest traps on the market
- Easy to adjust in series or parallel modes
- Super for multi-band stealth antennas
- Streamlined shape to reduce snagging on vegetation
- Attachment points for antenna wire. Work great with Stealth Wire
- Easily waterproofed with Liquid Electrical Tape for extended use
- Can be mounted inside of 1 inch PVC conduit
- Weigh less than 0.2 oz.

Perfect for use with IC-705, FT-817, FT-818, KX3, KX1, HB1B and other similar radios. Instructions are linked in the Documents tab on the "More Detail" page.

What do you get with a Pico Trap kit?
2 x High quality Pico Trap PCBs
2 x T50-6 toroids
2 x nylon mounting kits for toroids
2 x SMD 100pF AVX RF Capacitors, 0805 High Q, Ultra-Low ESR
22 AWG (0.6mm) wire for toroids

Pico Trap Kit Specifications:
Size: 1.4 x 0.6 in. (36 x 15 mm)
Weight: less than 0.18 oz. (5 g)
Low loss: typically less than 0.35 dB. Less than 0.75 dB worst-case.
Inductor Q: > 240 @ 14 MHz [Source - MicroMetals]
Capacitor Q: >> 1000 @ 14 MHz
Rp: > 24,000 Ohms @ 12 MHz
Suggested resonant frequency range: 10 - 25 MHz
Power rating: 10 Watts

Higher power SOTAbeams Trap Kits are available from DX Engineering:
100W: SBM-HFAT-101
20W: SBM-HFAT-102

Documentation