HAT-110
Auto-Tracking Antenna
The HAT-110 is a ground-station auto-tracking antenna that parses MAVLink packets from the remote UAV or USV to steer azimuth and elevation automatically, with a maximum tracking range beyond 300 km, continuous 0–360° pan, 0–90° tilt and a 10 kg antenna payload. Built-in RTK-based north finding simplifies deployment and keeps tracking accurate even from a mobile ground station, working alongside the FV-800 and ETL-210A transceivers. Its control board is designed and built by HiDes in Taiwan.
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- Max tracking range
- >300 km
- Continuous pan
- 360°
- Max antenna payload
- 10 kg
- Auto north-finding
- RTK
System features
- 01 Parses MAVLink packets; automatic azimuth/elevation steering
- 02 Built-in RTK auto north-finding — deploy from mobile ground stations
- 03 MAVLink / UDP / HTTP controller protocols
- 04 Stepping-motor drive system (Oriental Motor, Japan)
[ Range ]
The 300+ km comes from the antenna
With an 8 W amplifier on the radio, the ground antenna sets the range: more than 40 km on an omni, more than 70 km on a patch, and 300+ km once the HAT-110 keeps a directional antenna steered at the aircraft.
8 W PA
- 5 dBi omni-dipole
- >40 km
- Patch antenna
- >70 km
- HAT-110 auto-tracking
- 300+ km
[ Auto-tracking ]
The target moves. The antenna follows.
A long-range link depends on a directional antenna, so a moving target has to be re-acquired continuously. The HAT-110 parses MAVLink packets from the remote UAV or USV and steers itself — 0–360° continuous pan, 0–90° tilt, with no operator input.
- Azimuth
- 17.0°
- Elevation
- 22.0°
- Status
- Locked
[ Deployment ]
Built-in RTK north-finding. No manual alignment.
A tracking antenna has to know which way it is facing before it can steer. The HAT-110 takes that heading from its built-in RTK, so there is no manual alignment to north. Tracking starts once both ends have a fix — the ground station's GPS showing Fixed and the aircraft's GPS showing 3D Fixed — and the operator presses Start Tracking. The reference comes from satellites rather than from the platform, so tracking stays accurate even from a ground station on a vehicle or a boat.
[ System ]
The antenna is one end of a link
The HAT-110 keeps the ground station pointed at the vehicle. The link itself is carried by an FV-800 or an ETL-210A: the antenna reads MAVLink and decides where to point, the transceiver moves the video and the data. Together they are one long-range link.
- Airborne
- FV-800 / ETL-210A
- Video + C2 data
- Ground
- HAT-110 + ETL-210A
- Tracking antenna + transceiver
[ Integration ]
One cable to the ground
Everything that turns rides on the head: the RTK north finder, the controller and the radio itself. Below the rotating joint there is a single connector — Ethernet and 24 V DC — so no RF cable has to pass through it. The controller steers from the MAVLink the ground station forwards to it.
Rotating
Fixed
To the ground stationEthernet + 24 V DCone 12-pin connector
5 V DCEthernet24 V DCEthernet24 V DCRFRotating
Fixed
To the ground stationEthernet + 24 V DCone 12-pin connector
- Ethernet
- DC power
- RF
Redrawn from the HAT-110 installation manual system diagram.
Head connector, face view
- 01 Ethernet TX+
- 02 Ethernet TX−
- 03 24 V
- 04 Ethernet RX+
- 05 Ethernet RX−
- 06 24 V
- 07 24 V
- 08 —
- 09 GND
- 10 GND
- 11 —
- 12 GND
12-pin female · 29 mm square flange · 4 × Ø3.4 mm holes on 23 mm centres.
MAVLink
- The ground station forwards the flight controller’s MAVLink to the controller.
- UDP port 14550, set in Mission Planner or QGroundControl.
- The controller reads the aircraft position and steers the head.
HTTP control
- Start / stop tracking
- Return to home position
- Manual jog
- Set position
- Elevation offset compensation
- Status as JSON
/set_ethernet.cgi?rtk_offset=<mm>&uav_offset=<mm> Offsets in mm, for when the head’s RTK GNSS and the aircraft’s GNSS disagree on altitude.
HAT-110
Specifications
Tracking performance
- Coverage
- Pan 0–360° continuous · tilt 0–90°
- Speed
- Pan >25°/s · tilt >15°/s
- Max tracking range
- > 300 km
- Max payload
- 10 kg
- Torque
- > 3 kgf·m
Electrical, mechanical and environmental
- Interface
- RJ-45 (4-pin) · power 4-pin (up to 3 A) · spare 4-pin
- Power
-
- Supply 24 V DC
- Peak 2.21 A
- Holding 0.69 A
- Azimuth motion 1.23 A
- Elevation motion 1.70 A
- Both axes 2.31 A (56 W)
- Weight
- < 7 kg (w/o antenna & tripod)
- Operating temp.
- −10 °C ~ 60 °C
Dimensions by antenna configuration
- 60 cm dish
- H 195–265 · W 80 · D 65 cm
- 60 cm dish + Yagi
- H 195–265 · W 80 · D 75 cm
- 90 × 60 cm grid
- H 200–270 · W 100 · D 65 cm
- 90 × 60 cm grid + Yagi
- H 200–270 · W 100 · D 75 cm
Range with 8 W PA (LOS)
- 5 dBi omni-dipole
- >40 km
- Patch antenna
- >70 km
- Auto-tracking antenna
- 300+ km
https://hides.com.tw/en/products/hat-110/ · +886-2-2917-2417 · info@hides.com.tw