AntennaWare's BodyWave™ more than doubles the range for Raycom's Pebble UHF radio mic accessory.

April '26 AntennaWare, specialists in antennas for difficult platforms, including on-body and on-metal applications, are delighted to announce the use of BodyWave™ antennas for radio mics working in the UHF 590-630 MHz frequency. Primarily used for wireless microphones, in-ear monitors (PMSE), and television broadcasting, UHF BodyWave™ improves Non-Line-of-Sight from 50m to 120m. Antennaware is supplying the BodyWave™ antenna to Raycom, which incorporates the part into its Pebble accessory.

The UHF BodyWave™ antenna is designed to address the highly detrimental effects of body-blocking, which is particularly relevant for live production when trying to avoid audio dropouts and audible glitches. The BodyWave™ antennas are based on patented technology and improve link margins from 6 to 12dB, which results in a material increase in range and/or a significant reduction in power, i.e., "Double the distance, half the power".

The Vivana Pebble, on sale on 1st May 2026, will be offered as an after-market accessory to sound recording engineers to address regular situations where the existing radio mic placed on an actor/talent suffers dropouts. With an industry-standard SMA connector, the Pebble can be easily used to replace the existing (and sub-optimal) monopole antenna. The Pebble was launched at NAB 2026 in Las Vegas, and worldwide distribution will be through Viviana.

AntennaWare's CTO and Co-Founder, Dr Matthew Magill, comments, "AntennaWare, with our patented BodyWave™ antennas, has proven the market needs in DECT, Bluetooth, and UWB. Adding UHF widens the scope for both longer range and more precise location while offering a doubling of the distance, halving the power. Working with Raycom has helped deliver a real and material benefit of BodyWave."

Pyers Easton, CEO of Raycom, added: "We met with the AntennaWare team at IBC and quickly realised the BodyWave could offer the step change in radio mic behaviour and help to avoid the cardinal sin of audio in live production, i.e., audible glitches."

To find out more about the Vivianna Pebble and how the Bodywave™ antenna helped solve Raycom's wireless problems, watch the video below.