CW Series Antennas

Connectorized Single-band Monopole Whips

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CW Series antennas are rugged connectorized monopole external antennas suitable for metal and plastic enclosures with appropriate ground plane. They target a broad range of solutions in low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, LTE cellular, and industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) frequency band applications. With just a single frequency range to manage, CW Series single-band antennas make the job of antenna selection simple and, for LTE cellular applications, typically outperform multiband counterparts over desired frequencies and reject signals from unwanted frequencies.

CW Series LTE band antennas are useful in single-band LTE-M (Cat-M1) and NB-IoT cellular IoT solutions and are easy to select using the antenna number corresponding to the target LTE band (e.g. LTE Band 13 applications use ANT-B13-CW-QW-SMA). The LTE Band 14 antenna supports FirstNet^® Public Safety applications in the United States and many of the LTE antennas also support legacy UMTS and GSM cellular frequencies.

LoRaWAN^® and SIGFOX^® low-power wide-area (LPWA) solutions may use the 433 MHz, 490 MHz, 868 MHz and 916 MHz CW antennas depending on application and region. The 433 MHz and 916 MHz antennas also support ISM applications, along with the 2.4 GHz antenna which is suitable for Bluetooth^® and ZigBee^® solutions.

For more information on target applications for CW antennas, please see the Specifications tab of this product page.

Features

Outperforms similar multiband solutions
Durable, flexible main shaft
Wide bandwidth
Weather resistant for IP-rated applications
O-ring compatible base
SMA plug or FCC Part 15 compliant, reverse polarity SMA connector
Compatible with plastic and metal enclosures
Monopole Construction

Applications

LTE-M (Cat-M1) and NB-IoT cellular IoT
LoRaWAN^® and SIGFOX^®
FirstNet^® Public Safety
ISM/Bluetooth^®/ZigBee^®
Sensing and remote monitoring
Hand-held devices
Internet of Things (IoT) devices
Low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks

Ordering

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Part	Description	Documentation
ANT-B5-CW-QW-SMA	LTE B5 CW Series Antenna with SMA Plug Connector	ANT-B5-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-B8-CW-QW-SMA	LTE B8 CW Series Antenna with SMA Plug Connector	ANT-B8-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-B13-CW-QW-SMA	LTE B13 CW Series Antenna with SMA Plug Connector	ANT-B13-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-B14-CW-QW-SMA	LTE B14 CW Series Antenna with SMA Plug Connector	ANT-B14-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-B20-CW-SMA	LTE B20 CW Series Antenna with SMA Plug Connector	ANT-B20-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-B28-CW-QW-SMA	LTE B28 CW Series Antenna with SMA Plug Connector	ANT-B28-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-418-CW-QW	418 MHz CW Series Antenna with RP-SMA Connector	ANT-418-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-418-CW-QW-SMA	418 MHz CW Series Antenna with SMA Connector	ANT-418-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-433-CW-QW	433 MHz CW Series Antenna with RP-SMA Connector	ANT-433-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-433-CW-QW-SMA	433 MHz CW Series Antenna with SMA Connector	ANT-433-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-490-CW-QW-SMA	490 MHz CW Series Antenna with SMA Connector	ANT-490-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-868-CW-QW	868 MHz CW Series Antenna with RP-SMA Connector	ANT-868-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-868-CW-QW-SMA	868 MHz CW Series Antenna with SMA Connector	ANT-868-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-916-CW-QW	916 MHz CW Series Antenna with RP-SMA Connector	ANT-916-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-916-CW-QW-SMA	916 MHz CW Series Antenna with SMA Connector	ANT-916-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-2.4-CW-QW-RPS	2.4 GHz CW Series Antenna with RP-SMA Connector	ANT-2.4-CW-QW Data Sheet
ANT-2.4-CW-QW-SMA	2.4 GHz CW Series Antenna with SMA Connector	ANT-2.4-CW-QW Data Sheet

To order, please call +1 (800) 736-6677 or +1 (541) 471-6256 for callers outside the United States.

Specifications

Electrical Specifications (Common to All)
Polarization			Linear
Radiation			Omnidirectional
Max Power			10 W
Electrical Type			Monopole
Wavelength			1/4-wave (ANT-2.4-CW-QW-ccc is a 1/2-wave monopole)
Impedance			50 Ω
Operating Temperatures			-40 °C to +90 °C

Electrical specifications and plots measured with a 102 mm x 102 mm (4 in x 4 in) reference ground plane.

Part Number	Band	Frequency Range (MHz)	VSWR	Peak Gain (dBi)	Standard Bands	Length
ANT-B5-CW-QW-SMA	B5	800 to 900	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.2	LTE B5, LTE B6, GSM, UMTS	94.2 mm (3.71 in)
ANT-B8-CW-QW-SMA	B8	870 to 960	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.6	LTE B8, GSM, UMTS	90.3 mm (3.56 in)
ANT-B13-CW-QW-SMA	B13	740 to 790	≤ 1.9 : 1	1.7	LTE B13, UMTS	98.4 mm (3.87 in)
ANT-B14-CW-QW-SMA	B14	750 to 800	≤ 2.1 : 1	1.9	LTE B14, FirstNet Public Safety	94.2 mm (3.71 in)
ANT-B20-CW-QW-SMA	B20	790 to 870	≤ 2.7 : 1	1.6	LTE B20, UMTS	89.7 mm (3.53 in)
ANT-B28-CW-QW-SMA	B28	700 to 810	≤ 2.7 : 1	1.7	LTE B17, LTE B28, LTE B44, GSM, UMTS	98.4 mm (3.87 in)
ANT-418-CQ-QW	418	380 to 450	≤ 2.0 : 1	2.9	GSM, Remote Control	177.2 mm (6.98 in)
ANT-418-CQ-QW-SMA	418	380 to 450	≤ 2.0 : 1	2.9	GSM, Remote Control	177.2 mm (6.98 in)
ANT-433-CW-QW	433	400 to 470	≤ 2.0 : 1	3.3	LoRaWAN, ISM, LTE, GSM	173.4 mm (6.83 in)
ANT-433-CW-QW-SMA	433	400 to 470	≤ 2.0 : 1	3.3	LoRaWAN, ISM, LTE, GSM	173.4 mm (6.83 in)
ANT-490-CW-QW-SMA	490	470 to 510	≤ 1.5 : 1	1.3	LoRaWAN, GSM	157.7 mm (6.21 in)
ANT-868-CW-QW	868	750 to 950	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.6	LoRaWAN, SIGFOX, LTE, GSM, UMTS	83.5 mm (3.29 in)
ANT-868-CW-QW-SMA	868	750 to 950	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.6	LoRaWAN, SIGFOX, LTE, GSM, UMTS	83.5 mm (3.29 in)
ANT-916-CW-QW	916	865 to 965	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.8	LoRaWAN, SIGFOX, ISM, LTE, GSM, UMTS	80.5 mm (3.17 in)
ANT-916-CW-QW-SMA	916	865 to 965	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.8	LoRaWAN, SIGFOX, ISM, LTE, GSM, UMTS	80.5 mm (3.17 in)
ANT-2.4-CW-QW	2.4	2350 to 2600	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.1	ISM	105 mm (4.13 in)
ANT-2.4-CW-QW-SMA	2.4	2350 to 2600	≤ 2.0 : 1	1.1	ISM	105 mm (4.13 in)