Sure Antennas Delivers No-Drill Vehicle Antenna Solution for Emergency Service Conversions

British antenna specialist supplies Cartwright Vehicle Conversions with fitting kits that preserve OEM functionality across 14 Hyundai platforms.

Sure Antennas has supplied Cartwright Vehicle Conversions (CVC) with 14 specialist antenna fitting kits as part of the vehicle converter's latest emergency services project, offering a clean installation solution that eliminates the need to drill additional holes in converted vehicles.

CVC, which operates from its facility in North East Lincolnshire and serves sectors including ambulance, police, mobility, and security, selected Sure Antennas' 7-in-1 'Mallard' antenna for the project. The configuration was chosen specifically for its ability to replace the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) antenna while retaining native vehicle functions — including AM/FM, DAB, and GPS — without compromising the roof structure.

The fitting kits supplied by Sure Antennas are purpose-engineered solutions that allow vehicle converters to install critical communications antennas through the existing OEM aperture, removing any requirement to introduce new penetrations to the vehicle body. This approach is particularly significant in fleet conversion environments, where maintaining vehicle residual value and enabling future decommissioning to OEM specification are operational priorities.

The Mallard antenna supports TETRA, LTE, Wi-Fi, and GPS in a single unit, making it well suited to the multi-technology requirements of modern emergency service vehicles. Sure Antennas states that determining the correct fitting kit requires either photographic documentation of the underside of the OEM antenna or physical submission of the unit for inspection, as kit selection depends on the type and quantity of OEM functions present.

Sure Antennas and CVC have maintained a longstanding supply relationship, with Sure Antennas providing antennas, cable kits, and TETRA accessories across multiple conversion programmes. The collaboration on the 14-vehicle Hyundai project reinforces a growing demand within the vehicle conversion sector for integrated antenna solutions that meet critical communications standards without modification to the original vehicle architecture.