Active and passive GPS antennas are field replaceable

Wood Dale, IL — Mil-Con's rugged, sealed, field-replaceable, shock-mounted GPS antennas use a commercial quadrifilar helix antenna element in spin-on SMA and TNC versions, as well as, slide-on SMB version. The antennas are designed using a compliant RF connection that combines mechanically isolated ceramic antenna elements with integrated weather seals for use in hostile and military environments.

Further, the company offers design and manufacturing capabilities to integrate customer selected antenna elements into connector electrical and mechanical packages to meet demanding environmental and mechanical requirements.

Key features of the antennas include: sealing to 1 meter of water depth; advanced assembly tuning to maintain antenna element match and minimize losses; and PkZ® technology which provides a compliant connection to the element — avoiding stress to solder joints and mechanical shock to ceramic element.

The antennas are compatible with end-user mating interfaces, such as: SMA, TNC, and slide-on SMB. Other interfaces are available at customer's request. In addition, the antennas are adaptable to a wide range of COTS or proprietary antenna elements.

Typical applications for the company's active and passive GPS antennas include hand-held communication devices and two-way radios; GPS tracking communication devices; satellite up-links, stationary or portable platforms; buoy and deployable telecommunications equipment.

For further information visit www.mil-coninc.com.