Steatite Q-PAR Antennas Launches Circularly Polarised 0.5 To 8 GHz Spiral Antenna

Steatite a UK based designer and manufacturer of high specification microwave antennas is pleased to release a new 0.5-8 GHz Right Hand or Left Hand Circularly Polarised Spiral Antenna fitted with an SMA type Connector part number: QSP-RC-0.5-8-S-SG. A derivative of the company’s highly successful 0.5 – 22 GHz spiral antenna, this antenna is ideally suited for Spectrum Management Direction Finding 360° antenna arrays and is targeted to provide high quality performance at an attractive price.

After thorough development and testing, this new antenna is a welcome addition to Steatite’s growing range of Spiral Antennas. These currently provide wideband performance up to 42 GHz, with either left or right hand CP and this new product follows the launch of an ultra-wideband 1 to 18 GHz spiral antenna last year.

Robert Lowther, Steatite’s Sales and Marketing Manager says, “We believe we have developed an excellent competitive wideband spiral antenna that reinforces our position as a leading, innovative microwave antenna company serving the EW / SIGINT market.”

Typical specification: QSP-RC-0.5-8-S-SG

About Steatite
Steatite Q-par Antennas has been at the forefront of microwave antenna design and manufacture since 1973 and is a trading division of Steatite Limited, which is part of Solid State PLC Group, quoted on the UK AIM market. The Company excels in the research, design & manufacture of high specification Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) & custom designed microwave antennas, subsystems and associated antenna components typically operating from 100 MHz up to 500 GHz. The company has formal quality accreditation to ISO 9001:2008. For more information, visit www.steatiteqpar-antennas.co.uk.