South Midlands Communications Ltd. Hampshire (United-kingdom)

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Business overview

Founded in 1958 as a private Limited Company to design and manufacture a range of HF antennas and Radio masts, together with associated accessories, SMC quickly developed into the Land Mobile Radio, Marine Radio and Amateur Radio fields, giving a very broad span of expertise in both the home market and particularly the overseas markets. A full range of tubular support masts, for many applications from 6-30 m in aluminium, steel, and composite glass fibres, is designed and manufactured in house, with the added capability of customising to specific environments or applications.

Industry	Engineering
Business Type	Manufacturers & Service Provider
Firm Type	Pvt Ltd.
Expand Level	International

Products & Services

We Provide design and manufacture a range of HF antennas and Radio masts, together with associated accessories, SMC quickly developed into the Land Mobile Radio, Marine Radio and Amateur Radio fields, giving a very broad span of expertise.

SMC provide communications solutions to suit any situation, be it standard off the shelf products or special designs, we can provide everything from HF communications systems to pneumatic masts, with an in house CAD design team, we can design your solution from start to finish.

Antennas and Masts :-
Masts :- A full range of tubular support masts, for many applications from 6-30 m in aluminium, steel, and composite glass fibres, is designed and manufactured in house, with the added capability of customising to specific environments or applications.

Antennas :- SMC specialises in the manufacture of HF communication antennas including simple dipoles and multifrequency trapped dipoles, wide band, low and medium power antennas, and we have the flexibility to produce 'one offs' for specific requirements. A small range of VHF antennas is also available.

Tactical/Transportable Antennas :- For many years we have manufactured tactical and transportable military antennas, starting with the very popular LW8 Tactical dipole weighing less than lkg, to a range of wide band, directional, and omnidirectional, antennas for up to 1kW, specifically designed to cope with modem frequency agile equipment. Incorporated into the latest range of tactical antennas are modern high strength/low stretch materials such as Keviar and carbon fibre, giving tough, very light weight systems.

Special Antennas :- Again our flexibility comes to the fore when we are asked for a design for a specific task, or, an existing design may require special treatment to suit special applications. If your requirement comes within our capabilities we would be happy to help.

Radio Comms Overview :- SMC?s 40 years of involvement with the radio industry has seen a major shift of emphasis over the past few years. Having been one of the largest distributors of Yaesu Musen radio products in Europe, changing conditions including the introduction of GSM and PMR446 forced a rethink of sales policy which has brought about a virtual withdrawal from the UK PMR market.

The Pneumatic Hilomast :- The Hilomast has been designed and manufactured for more than 30 years, during this time there has been a continuous policy of improving and upgrading products to meet current demands.

MK11 Range :- Hilomast has long been established as a world leader in pneumatic mast technology and, in addition to providing a supporting mast for mobile or semi-permanent communications systems, is particularly beneficial to those involved in security, surveillance and high level filming or camera work.