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At MILCOM this week, we introduced our new high performance 225 - 1850 MHz tactical gooseneck antenna for small form factor radios such as the latest Rifleman Radios. This small antenna supports all three Rifleman Radio bands in a compact gooseneck antenna that is less than eleven inches tall. This VHF to UHF antenna is the newest addition to Pharad's growing line of gooseneck antenna assemblies. It joins Pharad's portfolio of antennas, including wearable antennas and peel and stick applique antennas, that can be integrated with small form factor radios operating from 225 MHz and higher.

"We're very excited about our latest gooseneck antenna, suitable for the Rifleman Radio," Rod Waterhouse, CTO of Pharad said. "To create the physically small, broadband antenna we combined several strategies. We utilized size reduction concepts incorporated in cellular phone antennas as well as an integrated matching procedure developed through a DARPA program to provide an efficient solution that can cover all the Rifleman bands. Naturally that is only half the design, we then had to make the solution robust. At Pharad we have been making fielded gooseneck antennas for the past decade and so we incorporated these well-tested practices into our final design. We believe this new product provides a better solution for the user than what is presently available."