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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: 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: M9708CWT
Brand: Maxtena
M9708CWT as an active multi-frequency, high accuracy, GNSS antenna for the L1/L2/L5 GPS, Galileo, Beidou and GLONASS bands.
Product Code: 101155-10
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Brand: Trimble
The Trimble® Bullet™ 360 timing antennas are designed specifically for the congested urban environments. In challenging urban environments the increased number of visible satellites will significantly improve the performance of GNSS receiver. The weatherproof housing is designed to withstand continuous exposure to shock, excessive vibration, extreme temperatures, water and sunlight....
Product Code: 101155-00
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Brand: Trimble
The Trimble® Bullet™ 360 timing antennas are designed specifically for the congested urban environments. In challenging urban environments the increased number of visible satellites will significantly improve the performance of GNSS receiver. The weatherproof housing is designed to withstand continuous exposure to shock, excessive vibration, extreme temperatures, water and sunlight....
Product Code: 101255-10
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Brand: Trimble
GPS L1 and Beidou B1 Frequency Bands The Trimble® Bullet™ GB timing antennas are designed for BeiDou receivers. The weatherproof housing is 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 mount to keep it safe from environmental damage....
Product Code: 101255-00
End of life
Brand: Trimble
GPS L1 and Beidou B1 Frequency Bands The Trimble® Bullet™ GB timing antennas are designed for BeiDou receivers. The weatherproof housing is 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 mount to keep it safe from environmental damage....
Product Code: MEA-1600-SM
Brand: Maxtena
MEA-1600-SM Screw Mount Antenna as a 2-in-1 antenna solution, covers all GPS/GLONASS/Galileo and Iridium frequencies. The MEA-1600-SM has two cables with a SMA-Male standard connector, 3m standard cable length and is fully customizable by offering additional connector types, cable lengths and cable types. This antenna is low profile, rugged and IP67 rated.
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...
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.
