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Maxtena, Inc. Unveils Helical GPS/GLONASS Antenna, Blacksburg VA, 05/2010

Maxtena Inc., has released the M1516HCT Helical GPS/GLONASS Antenna. The M1516HCT is a low profile professional-grade GNSS antenna covering the GPS L1, GLONASS L1 frequency band. It is the worlds’ first Helical GPS/GLONASS low profile precision antenna. This passive antenna is designed for precision handhelds, industrial, agricultural, government and military applications and offers excellent gain performance, axial ratio, multipath rejection, and out-of-band signal rejection.

The M1516HCT features a housed weather proof single helical element; this antenna comes standard with a SMA or TNC connector option. With 48mm height and 18mm diameter, the M1516HCT is the smallest helical antenna solution on the market. "This configuration provides excellent Omni-directional coverage and axial ratio that is constant across the full frequency band" said Maxtena’s CTO Dr. Carlo DiNallo.

The M1516HCT GPS/GLONASS datasheet is available as a PDF.

Maxtena® is a research, development, and manufacturing company offering both standard and custom antenna products for a variety of applications with an emphasis on Mobile Satellite Services and high performance GPS antennas. Maxtena® offers Helicore® Technology, Precision GPS (L1/L2), and Smart-X™ phased-array antennas (12dBi performance with Omni-directional coverage) with 3-axis stabilization for global asset tracking. Maxtena® provides customer-tailored research for antenna element design, antenna array design, propagation effects, system design and engineering services.