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There are many different types of antennas to suit different applications. For instance, there are antennas for portable devices, passenger vehicles, rugged mining and construction vehicles, building infrastructure and high performance GNSS antennas.
Step Global provides an exhaustive range of antennas, covering types such as single and multiband, omnidirectional and directional, embedded, covert, on-glass, in-building, panel, yagi, GNSS, Iridium, MIMO up to 9 elements, bidirectional, timing, whip less, surface mount, pole mount, infrastructure and mobile, rugged and vibration resistant.
We have antennas for use in every industry, and we work with agriculture, banking and financial, cellular, education, government, healthcare, heavy equipment, hospitality, manufacturing, marine, military and defence, mining and construction, public safety, rail, retail, SCADA, telematics, transportation, utilities, oil and gas, and wireless telecom.
Product Code: 99038-00-INT
Brand: Trimble
The Trimble AG25 antennas are designed to support centimeter-level land platforms like agriculture and logistic vehicles.Designed for quick installation, the Trimble AG25 antenna is equipped with a magnetic attachment for simple mounting onto any metal surfaces. Key Features Comprehensive GNSS support, including GPS modernization signals, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS and IRNSS OmniSTAR and...
Product Code: 44830-10
Brand: Trimble
The Trimble GA830 antenna is designed to support centimeter-level accuracy for rugged land and marine applications. The 5/8” x 11 female threaded mount and rugged enclosure allows the antenna to be used in harsh conditions. The Trimble GA830 antenna offers full support for current and near-future GNSS signals from GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and IRNSS as well as L-Band for...
Product Code: 115000-50-INT
Brand: Trimble
With its integrated Stealth™ resistive ground plane at the top of the Zephyr range with maximum multipath mitigation, this is the antenna of choice not just for all RTK Reference Stations but also for Rover applications in highly reflective reception environments. In addition to fixed base stations, the Zephyr 3 Base antenna is also suitable as a rover antenna for use in high multi-path...
Product Code: 105000-50-INT
Brand: Trimble
A high-performing lightweight GNSS rover antenna optimized for precision RTK and roving applications. The Zephyr Rover minimizes multipath and offers robust low elevation tracking and millimeter phase center repeatability. The Trimble Zephyr 3 Rover is a high performing lightweight GNSS rover antenna optimized for precision RTK and roving applications. It minimizes multipath and offers robust...
Product Code: 125000-10-INT
Brand: Trimble
Designed for applications in high shock and vibration environments like machine-control up to 75g shock and 20.4g RMS, the Zephyr Rugged is available in two versions with 5/8” mast mounting and with 3” mast clamp. The 125000-10-INT comes with 3" Mast Mount. Integrated with advanced filtering capabilities and robust signal tracking, the Zephyr 3 Rugged can provide the millimeter...
Product Code: 125000-30-INT
Brand: Trimble
Designed for applications in high shock and vibration environments like machine-control up to 75g shock and 20.4g RMS, the Zephyr Rugged is available in two versions with 5/8” mast mounting and with 3” mast clamp. The 125000-30-INT comes with 5/8" Mounting. Integrated with advanced filtering capabilities and robust signal tracking, the Zephyr 3 Rugged can provide the millimeter...
An antenna, also known as an aerial, is a tuned physical element to match a specific frequency range. Antennas either capture or transmit electromagnetic energy in the form of a radio signal. The simplest form of antenna is a length of wire. Where the length is equivalent to a RF signal wavelength, then the wire will match that frequency and receive the signal. The signal is then passed into an RF receiver. Because it is not practical to have long lengths of wire, then more compact physical elements are used. One version is to use copper wire trace on a circuit board, and the other is to use a ceramic patch antenna. A combination of both can be used to create a combined antenna which can receive/transmit over different frequency bands by using the different elements.
Some antennas are known as passive antennas. These do not have any active components such as amplifiers. Passive antennas are typically radiating antennas for transmitting RF signals.
Active antennas have amplifiers and filters built-in with the antenna element. These are antennas that typically receive weak signals. An example of these are satellite navigation antennas due to the very weak signal strength and noisy environment.
One of the most important aspects to consider when choosing an antenna is which frequency bands you need to cover.
Some examples of the frequency bands available from Step Global are:
Bluetooth (2.4 GHz), Cellular + WiFi, Cellular 3G (850 MHz/1900 MHz), Cellular 4G (700 MHz, 1700 - 2100 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2500 - 2700 MHz), Cellular 5G (600 MHz - 6 GHz), Cellular CBRS/5G NR (3300 MHz-4200 MHz), Cellular LTE (700 MHz / 900MHz), FirstNet (758 - 798 MHz), GNSS (B1 - 1559-1591 MHz), GNSS (E1 - 1575.420 MHz), GNSS (G1 - 1589.0625-1605.375 MHz), GNSS (G2 - 1242.9375-1248.625 MHz), GNSS (G3 - 1201 MHz), GNSS (L1 - 1575.42 MHz), GNSS (L2 - 1227.6 MHz), GNSS (L5 - 1176.45 MHz), GNSS + Cellular, GNSS + Cellular + WiFi, GNSS + WiFi, GNSS/GPS, Iridium (1616–1626.5 MHz), LoRa/ISM/SRM (806-960 MHz), Lowband/Amateur Radio (27- 60MHz), RFID (806- 960), UHF (380-520 MHz), VHF (132-174 MHz), WiFi (2.4 GHz, 5&6 GHz)
Step Global are authorised distributors of the world’s leading antenna brands. We have strong relationships with brands that you can trust, such as Mobile Mark, Trimble, Protempis, Multiband, Maxtena, Sanav, Harxon and GPS Source.
Step Global provides both basic and complex customisation of antennas.
Basic customisation of antennas covers cable type and length, and connector types. For this type of customisation, there is no minimum order quantity required.
For complex antenna customisation where an antenna must be engineered to meet an agreed specification, there is a minimum order quantity required. Our team can work with you to find a solution for your custom antenna requirements.
The Step Global team has over 60 years of experience in RF design and applications. We assist our customers in a range of services such as site surveys right through to diagnosing and rectifying performance issues. Our Australian-based application engineering team can work with any industry we sell our products into.
We are a stocking distributor on most popular line items, and we will work with our customers to ensure that they are covered for all key projects and applications.
If you are unsure of which antenna to choose or you would like to discuss your project further, contact the Step Global team on + 61 3 9551 7334 or email sales@stepglobal.com.
