{"id":45423,"date":"2020-09-18T06:18:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T10:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45423"},"modified":"2020-09-18T06:18:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T10:18:18","slug":"cha-mpas-lite-chameleon-designs-a-new-compact-portable-antenna-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/cha-mpas-lite-chameleon-designs-a-new-compact-portable-antenna-system\/","title":{"rendered":"CHA MPAS Lite: Chameleon designs a new compact portable antenna system"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Don, who notes that Chameleon Antenna has just introduced the CHA MPAS Lite<\/a>: a modular portable antennas system covering from 6M – 160 meters.<\/p>\n

I know a number of participants in the Parks On The Air<\/a> program who use the CHA MPAS antenna system<\/a>–the MPAS Lite is the “little brother” of that antenna, according to Chameleon.<\/p>\n

Although designed with the new Icom IC-705<\/strong> and other QRP transceivers in mind, the CHA MPAS Lite can handle up to 100 watts in SSB or 50 watts in CW.<\/p>\n

They plan to start shipping the antenna in early November 2020 and the price for the system is $340.00. That may sound like a lot of money for an antenna (it is, let’s face it!<\/em>) but if you speak with pretty much anyone who owns a Chameleon antenna they’ll tell you it’s worth it. The quality is second to none. I’ve been testing their Emcomm III wire antenna<\/a> recently and it must be one of the most robust portable wire antenna systems I’ve ever evaluated.<\/p>\n

Also, all of their products are designed and manufactured in the USA.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out the CHA MPAS Lite product page.<\/a>
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We recently added Chameleon Antenna to our list of sponsors here on the SWLing Post<\/em>. I’m very proud to include them because one of my personal missions is to promote mom-and-pop companies that push innovation here in our radio world! It’s humbling that they support us too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don, who notes that Chameleon Antenna has just introduced the CHA MPAS Lite: a modular portable antennas system covering from 6M – 160 meters. I know a number of participants in the Parks On The Air program who use the CHA MPAS antenna system–the MPAS Lite is the “little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3607,6,836,3],"tags":[8826,8825],"class_list":["post-45423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-manufacturers","category-new-products","category-news","tag-chameleon-antenna","tag-chameleon-cha-mpas-lite"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bOD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46238,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/cha-mpas-lite-a-proper-quick-deployment-field-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":45423,"position":0},"title":"CHA MPAS Lite: A proper quick-deployment field antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"October 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Chameleon Antenna recently sent me a prototype of their latest antenna: the CHA MPAS Lite. The MPAS Lite is a compact version of their MPAS 2.0 modular antenna system and designed to be even more portable. 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