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Company profile UK Location Key Personnel Market application areas What we offer Capability Customers Facilities

Applications & products

Consultancy Benefits of working with Q-par Angus Ltd

Company Profile
Established 1973 Privately owned Ltd company Business: Design and manufacture of military and commercial antennas Highly qualified personnel

ISO 9001:2000

UK location
Q-par Angus Ltd
Baron Cross Laboratories, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8RS United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1568 612138 Fax: +44 (0)1568 616373 Email: sales@q-par.com Website: www.q-par.com

Key personnel
Managing Director / Microwave Engineer Director and Company Secretary General Manager Chief Engineer (Electronics and Systems) Principal Scientist Senior Microwave Engineer Microwave Engineer Microwave Engineer Microwave Engineer Richard Holliday Jennifer Holliday Peter Moss Kenneth Goodman Andrew Mackay Simon Davies Paul Klasmann Janette Morgan Julian Robbins PhD., C.Eng., FIET, MIEEE. BA., CPhys., MInstP. OBE B.Eng.(Hons),C.Eng, MIET Ph.D, BSc BSc, C Eng, MIET. PhD, BSc, M.Eng (Hons), MIEEE. B.Eng (Hons), MIET. B.Eng. (Hons), I.Eng, MIET.

Senior Metallurgist
Technical Sales Manager

Christopher Hinsley
Marc Morris

BSc., CEng., MIM.

MA

Market application areas

Military (Ground, sea, air) Electronic warfare

Radar
Elint EMC

Commercial
Broadcast Industrial

Environmental
Medical EMC

What we offer
Standard products Consultancy Bespoke components and systems Refurbishment work

Company capabilities
Antenna Design and Manufacture.

Antenna Positioner Design and Manufacture.

Microwave Systems. For: Radar EW Systems ELINT Systems.

Research, Development and Consultancy covering a wide range of disciplines inc: Defence Systems Environmental Medical /Industrial

Customers
UK
MOD Qinetiq Home office NATO BAE Systems EADS Astrium

Europe
EADS, Germany Bosch, Germany Indra, Spain Aselsan, Turkey Tubitak, Turkey Thales, France

North America
NASA Boeing DRS (Canada) Lockheed Martin Naval Research Labs FR Orbit (NGC)

Far East
ADD, Korea Hi-Intelligence, Taiwan

Company Facilities
Modern Premises.

Microwave Design Software.

Mechanical Design facilities. Engineering Workshop.

Electronics Laboratory.
Extensive Test Facilities: Outdoor Pattern Ranges

Anechoic Chamber

Test Chamber

Applications

Daresbury Laboratory

EMMA accelerator ring

1.3 GHz wave guide distribution system and associated phase shifters

UAV Antenna

A400M

Skynet 5

Ship Based Jammer

Product Examples..

All Weather Multi Antenna Positioners Precise angular accuracy. Full sky coverage. High output torque. Interchangeable Antennas. Environmentally hardened construction. Modular COTS components for easy servicing. Full safety features. Fully compliant with UK safety requirements.
2 6 GHz Tx 2 18 GHz Rx 6 18 GHz Tx

0.5 to 35 GHz in 5 antennas complete with Az/El positioner and polarisation switching

18-40GHz

ALL WEATHER POSITIONER

Typical Specification: Movement, Azimuth Movement, Elevation Movement, Polarisation Velocity, Azimuth Velocity, Elevation Accuracy +/- 190 degrees 15 to +90 degrees 360 degrees 2.3 to 21.4 deg/Sec 2.3 to 21.4 deg/Sec 0.02 degrees

0.5-18GHz

Note: Shown with 1.8 M reflector

WIDEBAND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (0.5 40 GHz) Currently employed by security forces.

Theatre of Operation includes Iraq.

2 18 GHz Antenna Linear Slant Polarisation Cylindrical Parabola

Covert 2 Axis Positioner

Vast Range of Horns & Bespoke Design

18 40 GHz Feed Horn LNA Transition

Antenna Simulation Interface Units for Skynet 5a & 5b Satellites

64 way beam forming matrix capable of forming 4 simultaneous beams. Manufacture of which was thought not possible by UK MOD

Runway Debris Radar

High resolution dual fan beam antenna (94 GHz) capable of detecting very small objects at considerable distance. Rotator is accurate to 14 bits (0.022).

Maritime FMCW Radar

Portable Positioner

0.8 - 18 GHz Dual Polar Horn

2.0 18 GHz Gain 13- 29 dBi Beamwidth 2 to 20 degrees VSWR 2.5:1

Dual CP Antenna Spiral Antenna

Presently development work includes: Flat Planar Dual Polar Log Periodic Antenna

Flat Planar Single Polar Log Periodic Antenna

Covering 0.4 up to 40 GHz

High Power EMC Test System

Interchangeable Horns include:400 MHz 1 GHz Horn 2 3 GHz Lens Horn 3 4 GHz Lens Horn 4 6 GHz Lens Horn 6 8 GHz Lens Horn 12 18 GHz Regular Horn

COMPUTER SIMULATION
Filter Design
Ridge Waveguide to Coaxial Transition

Resonance Electric Field Plot Showing Resonance at 18 GHz

Graphical User Interface

Absolute position control, azimuth and elevation
Acceleration control Velocity control Manual over ride

Visual feedback of true position.

Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP allowing independent axis control of multiple positioners from single PC.

CONSULTANCY
Team of highly qualified microwave, electronic and software engineers. Recent projects:

High Power EMC Test Systems Bespoke design and manufacture. Survey of actual radiation hazards and prediction of microwave radiation levels. Advice on narrow and ultra-broad-band microwave antennas for Surveillance and Radar. Materials Analysis and Measurement. (Microwave windows, radomes and structural components etc) Depth Measurement (The measurement of depth within containers of corrosive liquids, grain etc). Moisture Content. (Measuring on-line moisture content of various commercial products, such as soap). Microwave Heating.(Advised on, and supplied equipment for, microwave cooking in the food industry). Communications. (Analysis of customers communications requirements for task) This list is not exhaustive!

Benefits of working with Q-par Angus Ltd

Time to market or theatre of operations can be substantially reduced

Talented team of engineers and scientists providing innovative technical solutions

Lower technical risk One stop shop for antennas and complete sub-systems

Quality products providing low long term cost of ownership

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