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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: DM-1620-3C-WHT-120
Brand: Mobile Mark
The DM-1620 from Mobile Mark is designed for mobile surface mounted applications with compatibility for Iridium® communications. Specifically, this antenna operates in the frequency range of 1616-1626.5 MHz with 3 dBi gain. It uses the popular DM style ASA plastic radome that helps protect the unit against harmful UV rays. It is also IP67 rated for dust and water ingress.
Product Code: CVW-LTE-2C2C-BLK-120
Brand: Mobile Mark
The CVW-LTE is designed to cover GPS as well as all Cellular frequencies from 694 MHz 2.7 GHz, including: 3G Cellular, 4G LTE, AWS, UTS, XLTE, LTE-A, Spark and WiMAX.The antenna is very compact, measuring only 5 1/2 (140 mm) long by just over 1 1/2 (40 mm) wide. The antenna is encased in a solid radome made from black ABS plastic.The antenna is mounted with industrial grade double sided tape....
Product Code: CVW-UMB-1C2C-BLK-120
Brand: Mobile Mark
The CVW-UMB covert GPS antenna combines two applications: GPS on one cable and any one of several wireless data applications on the other cable.This antenna series covers both US and EU Cellular bands from 800-960 MHz and 1700-2200 MHz, including UMTS and AWS.The CVW-UMB measures 5.5 L x 1.6 W x 0.7 D (140 mm x 40 mm x 18 mm). The antenna case is made from UV resistant ASA.This rugged antenna...
Product Code: CVW-UMB-2C2C-BLK-120
Brand: Mobile Mark
The CVW-UMB covert GPS antenna combines two applications: GPS on one cable and any one of several wireless data applications on the other cable.This antenna series covers both US and EU Cellular bands from 800-960 MHz and 1700-2200 MHz, including UMTS and AWS.The CVW-UMB measures 5.5 L x 1.6 W x 0.7 D (140 mm x 40 mm x 18 mm). The antenna case is made from UV resistant ASA.This rugged antenna...
Product Code: CVW-UMB-2C00-BLK-120
Brand: Mobile Mark
The new CLTM603, a WiFi 6x MIMO ceiling mount Antenna, is designed for 802.11ac networks. The new Antenna featured six separate connection ports in order to provide optimum MIMO (multiple-input-multiple-output) performance for the new WiFi 802.11ac modems.The Antenna provides coverage on both 2.4-2.5 & 4.9-6.0 GHz. This allows the Antenna to operate on the 5 GHz band for 802.11ac, but also...
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.