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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: 1271FW
Brand: PCTEL
PCTELs 12700 series antennas are robust, rigorously tested and environmentally sealed units suitable for a wide variety of GPS applications, including vehicle tracking, marine and airborne navigation.These antennas have been tested to five DO-160 environmental test requirements, including: Altitude. RTCA/DO-160E, Section 4.6.1, Category F2...
Product Code: 1270FW
Brand: PCTEL
The 12100 series Ant are robust, rigorously tested and environmentally sealed units suitable for a wide variety of GPS applications. They are ideal for vehicle tracking, marine or airborne navigation installations requiring maximum security and durability. They feature dual o-ring seals that protect them against severe environmental conditions for reliable, long-lasting performance. Their...
Product Code: 1273FW
Brand: PCTEL
The 12100 series Ant are robust, rigorously tested and environmentally sealed units suitable for a wide variety of GPS applications. They are ideal for vehicle tracking, marine or airborne navigation installations requiring maximum security and durability. They feature dual o-ring seals that protect them against severe environmental conditions for reliable, long-lasting performance. Their...
Product Code: 1357D
Brand: PCTEL
The Compact 1357D Embedded GPS antenna is ideal for GPS enabled ruggedized PDAs, laptops and portable GPS Handhelds. The 1357D antenna features a compact ceramic patch element, ESD circuit protection, a low noise amplifier and a SAW filter, enabling the 1357D to provide great out of-band signal rejection performance, consistent and clear signal while minimizing loss-of-lock in an extremely...
Product Code: 1857D
Brand: PCTEL
The Compact 1857D Embedded GPS Antenna is ideal for GPS enabled ruggedized PDAs, laptops and portable GPS Handhelds. The 1857D Antenna features a custom tuned frequency ceramic patch element, ESD circuit protection, a two-stage low noise amplifier and a SAW filter, enabling the 1857D to provide great out-of-band signal rejection performance, consistent and clear signal while minimizing...
Product Code: GPS-TMG-26
Brand: PCTel
Made to address the attenuation issues of congested cell-site applications, this GPS timing reference antenna features multi-stage filtering and a proprietary quadrifiliar helix design to provide superior out-of-band rejection and lower elevation pattern performance than traditional patch antennas. Superior filtering – Quadrifiliar helix design with multi-stage filtering provides...
Product Code: 8171D-HR-DH-W
Brand: PCTel
This dual-band, externally mounted antenna features a proprietary filtering design that allows wideband coverage while achieving superior out-of-band rejection. Its small, conical form factor minimizes perching, sheds water and ice, and provides runoff. Wideband coverage and time synchronization Wideband coverage – GPS L1 & GLONASS L1 frequencies Quality – Industry leading...
Product Code: GPS-TMG-HR-26N
Brand: PCTel
These timing reference antennas feature narrow band, high rejection filtering to support long-lasting, trouble-free deployments in congested cell-site applications with severe interference around the GPS frequency. The unique proprietary radome shape sheds water and ice, and eliminates bird perching problems. Narrow band, high rejection filtering for GPS applications facing severe interference...
Product Code: 3967D-P-10CM-NC
Brand: PCTEL
The 3967D GPS antenna is ideal for ruggedized handheld GPS devices, mobile asset tracking equipment and GPS timing applications. The 3967D features a custom designed ceramic patch element, a two-stage low noise amplifier and a SAW filter, providing great out-of-band signal rejection performance, consistent and clear signal while minimizing loss-of-lock. The 3967D comes with a 1.85”...
Product Code: GPS-TMG-HR-40N
Brand: PCTel
These timing reference antennas feature enhanced narrow band, high rejection filtering to support long-lasting, trouble-free deployments in congested cell-site applications with severe interference around the GPS frequency. The unique proprietary radome shape sheds water and ice, and eliminates bird perching problems. Enhanced narrow band, high rejection filtering for GPS applications facing...
Product Code: 101898-00
Brand: Protempis
The Bullet 360 is a L1 single frequency, ruggedized and weatherproof multi-GNSS (GPS, Galileo, Beidou and GLONASS) antenna from Protempis (formerly Trimble). It features high gain and high out-of-band rejection, a robust anti-jamming design, built in lightning protection, wide operating voltage range and a ruggedized IP67 enclosure for extreme temperature resistance. Designed for Urban...
Product Code: 101355-10
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Brand: Trimble
GPS Antenna for Rugged Environments Trimble’s Bullet™ GPS Antenna provides a perfect solution for manufacturers who need a fixed-sight, rooftop GPS antenna. It is housed in leak tested packaging designed to withstand continuous exposure to shock, excessive vibration, extreme temperatures, water and sunlight. For added reliability, the antenna cable can be threaded through a pole...
Product Code: GEO-GNSS-PS-S1
Brand: PCTel
PCTEL’s GEO-GNSS-PS-S1 is a robust, passive, high performance antenna covering both GPS L1 and GLONASS L1 frequency bands. This antenna is ideal for performance critical asset tracking and network timing synchronization applications. Wideband coverage – GPS L1 & GLONASS L1 frequencies Custom-Tuned – Micro Helix Element Weatherproof – IP67 Ingress Protection
Product Code: 3961D-HR
Brand: PCTel
This embedded GPS antenna provides high gain, superior out-of-band rejection performance and a reliable, clear signal in applications with high RF fields. It features a custom ceramic patch element for maximum signal reception, circuit protection, multi-stage LNA circuit and dual high rejection SAW filters. The optimum choice for embedded GPS tracking and timing in high RF fields High gain...
Product Code: GPS-TMG-40
Brand: PCTel
This GPS timing reference antenna features a low noise, high gain internal amplifier and multi-stage filtering to address the attenuation issues of congested cell-site applications and longer cable runs. It also features ESD, reverse polarity protection and transit voltage suppression. Powerful attenuation mitigation for congested cell site applications Powerful attenuation mitigation –...
Product Code: 1330FW
Brand: PCTel
These marine antennas are specifically designed to withstand continuous, long-term exposure to challenging and highly corrosive environments. The element features a proprietary quadrifilar helix design to provide better gain on the horizon than can be achieved with a patch element. Supports long-term exposure to rugged or highly corrosive environmentsRugged – made for marine...
Product Code: 5072D-RD15
Brand: PCTEL
The 5072D-RD Series GPS Receiver + Antenna incorporates a 16-channel high sensitivity receiver with fast, first time to GPS fix. This, coupled with position information maintained over power cycles, provides immediate and accurate position reporting. All models in the 5072D-RD series all come with a CMOS to RS232 adapter cable connected by two, 4-pin DIN connectors for ease in installation. The...
Product Code: 3910D
Brand: PCTEL
The 3910D GPS Antenna has one of the industry's lowest noise figures. It features ESD circuit protection, an innovative very low noise LNA and a high rejection SAW filter.It also features a precisely tuned custom ceramic patch element that minimises detuning effects caused by adjacent objects. The 3910D is ideal for Fleet Management, Asset Tracking and Precision Agriculture as well any...
Product Code: 3951D
Brand: PCTEL
The 3951D Embedded GPS Antenna has one of the industry's lowest noise figures. It features a tuned custom ceramic patch element that minimizes detuning effects caused by adjacent objects. It also features ESD circuit protection, an innovative LNA (low noise amplifier) and a high rejection SAW filter which enable a consistent, clear signal while minimizing loss-of-lock even when GPS...
Product Code: 3961D
Brand: PCTEL
The 3961D-HR Embedded GPS Antenna provides 25 dB gain, superior out-of-band rejection performance and is The Optimum choice for embedded GPS Tracking and Timing applications with high RF Fields. It features a precision tuned custom ceramic patch element for maximum signal reception, 15KV ESD circuit protection, a multi-stage LNA circuit and dual high rejection SAW filters. This enables the...
Product Code: 3967D
Brand: PCTEL
The 3967D GPS Antenna is ideal for ruggedized handheld GPS Devices, mobile asset tracking equipment and GPS timing applications. The 3967D features a custom designed ceramic patch element, a two-stage low noise amplifier and a SAW filter, providing great out-of-band signal rejection performance, consistent and clear signal while minimizing loss-of-lock. The 3967D comes with a 1.85Ó...
Product Code: GEO-GNSS-AC-S1
Brand: PCTel
Ideal for performance in critical asset tracking and network timing synchronization applications, this robust, active, high performance antenna covers both GPS L1 and GLONASS L1 frequency bands. Its proprietary filtering design allows wideband coverage while achieving superior out-of-band rejection. Asset tracking and time synchronization: Wideband coverage – GPS L1 & GLONASS L1...
Product Code: 3978D-HR-DH-W
Brand: PCTel
This high-performing antenna is built to deliver a reliable and clear GPS signal, even when conditions are less than ideal. It provides high gain and superior out-of-band rejection performance, and features a precision tuned custom ceramic patch element for maximum signal reception. The optimum choice for GPS tracking and timing applications Optimal performance – High gain: 40 dB...
Product Code: 3978D
Brand: PCTel
This antenna delivers high gain and great high out-of-band rejection performance for GPS Tracking and Timing applications with long cable runs. It features a precision tuned custom ceramic patch element for maximum signal reception, circuit protection, SAW filter, and a very low noise 3 stage circuit. Reliable and clear signal for GPS applications with long cable runs Optimal performance...
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.