The Antenna Podcast

In this episode of The Antenna Podcast, Dermot O’Shea sits down with Professor Gabriel Rebeiz (UC San Diego), a globally recognized leader in antennas, phased arrays, and millimetre-wave systems, with over three decades of experience spanning academia and industry. Gabriel shares his journey into electromagnetics from circuits at Caltech to becoming one of the pioneers behind breakthroughs in tera...

In this episode of The Antenna Podcast , Dermot O’Shea is joined by Jaime Molins Benlliure, PhD , Antenna and RF Engineer at Taoglas , to unpack one of the toughest challenges in RF engineering: designing efficient small antennas at low frequencies . Jaime walks through the real physics that limit antenna miniaturisation, explaining why shrinking antennas isn’t just a layout problem - but a fundam...

In this episode of The Antenna Podcast, Dermot O’Shea speaks with Michael McLaughlin , co‑founder and former CTO of Decawave , about the engineering journey behind ultra‑wideband (UWB) technology and its path to global adoption.  Michael shares how his career began in Ireland during a tough job market, his early years in the semiconductor industry, and how that experience led to founding Decawave....

In this episode of The Antenna Podcast , host Dermot O’Shea is joined by Lars Jakob Foged , Vice President of R&D at Microwave Vision Group (MVG) , for a deep dive into antenna measurement and why it remains critical to real‑world antenna performance. Lars shares insights from his career spanning satellite antenna design, space systems, and advanced measurement technologies. The discussion cov...

In this episode of The Antenna Podcast, Dermot O'Shea speaks with Leo Maddison, co-founder of Matsingh Inc ., about the science and real-world impact of lens antennas. Leo Maddison explains how lens-based designs use refraction rather than reflection, enabling multiple independent beams from a single antenna with strong isolation and broad frequency coverage.  The conversation explores how th...

In this episode of The Antenna Podcast , host Dermot O’Shea is joined by Tim Kelley , antenna engineer at Amazon and a former long‑time collaborator at Taoglas, for a wide‑ranging and practical conversation on what it really takes to design antennas that work in the real world. Tim walks through his journey into antenna engineering from testing antennas outdoors in upstate New York, to years of ha...

In this episode of The Antenna Podcast , Dermot O’Shea speaks with Dr. Peter Nevermann , a wireless industry veteran with extensive experience in antenna design, RF testing, certification, and system performance. Peter shares his journey from semiconductor physics and RF noise research into senior roles at Siemens Mobile Phones, Vodafone Global, and leading test laboratories in Germany and Silicon...

In this episode, Dermot sits down with Andre Fourie - whose career began with a search for meaningful work and evolved into decades of real-world antenna innovation.  Andre shares the turning points and technical hard lessons behind holistic antenna design, the evolution from academia to product, and what really matters when antennas must perform beyond the lab.  From early research and military p...

How do you add more spectrum, more bandwidth, and more performance without adding more towers? In this episode of The Antenna Podcast , host Dermot O’Shea sits down with Fergal Lawlor , Founder and CEO of Alpha Wireless, to unpack the hidden engineering behind modern cellular networks. Fergal shares his journey from military radio technician to building a global antenna company, along with stories...

Antennas are often overlooked—until they fail. In this episode of The Antenna Podcast , host Dermot O’Shea sits down with Ben Culver , CEO of Southwest Antennas, to explore why antenna design is one of the most critical—and misunderstood—elements of any RF system. Ben shares his journey from U.S. Navy fire control electronics to leading a $25M antenna company, offering a behind-the-scenes look at...