AMERICAN-MADE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Build Your WiFi Router
Entirely in America
As the FCC moves to restrict foreign-manufactured networking equipment, Winegard Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Division delivers a proven, vertically integrated U.S. manufacturing partner — with the RF engineering depth, antenna infrastructure, and carrier certification experience to bring your wireless router program to production without leaving American soil.
Burlington, Iowa USA
Chip-Down Wireless Design
FCC Part 15 & Part 22/24/27
Carrier Certified
Full ODM & Contract Mfg
NO FOREIGN FIRMWARE RISKS
Firmware and hardware stack developed and audited on U.S. soil — zero exposure to undisclosed foreign code or backdoors.
SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRITY
Domestic manufacturing eliminates the supply chain opacity that creates national security vulnerabilities in foreign-built networking gear.
FCC COMPLIANCE ASSURED
In-house RF testing, antenna characterization, and carrier certification align your product with evolving federal procurement mandates.
10+ YEARS OF ROUTER
DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
RF Engineering & Test Infrastructure
The In-House Wireless Lab
Your Program Demands
Designing and validating a WiFi router — whether 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6/6E, Wi-Fi 7, or a multi-radio platform — requires test infrastructure that most contract manufacturers send out-of-house. Winegard owns the bench. Our dedicated wireless engineering lab provides the full measurement stack to characterize, debug, and certify your product in one facility.
SIGNAL GENERATORS
Precision RF signal generation across sub-GHz through multi-GHz bands. Simulate real-world network environments, stress-test receiver sensitivity, and verify interference rejection before your product ever leaves the building.
SPECTRUM ANALYZERS
High-resolution spectrum analysis for spurious emissions characterization, pre-compliance screening, and band-edge verification. Identify harmonics, intermodulation products, and regulatory violations early in the design cycle — not at the test house.
NETWORK ANALYZERS
Vector network analysis for antenna impedance matching, feed network characterization, filter S-parameter validation, and PCB trace optimization. Critical for chip-down RF designs where impedance continuity from SoC to radiating element is non-negotiable.
IN-HOUSE ANTENNA CHAMBER
A dedicated shielded antenna measurement chamber enables full pattern characterization, gain verification, and isolation testing across your antenna array — without scheduling external EMC labs or compromising IP by sharing designs off-site.
ANTENNA RANGE
Near-field antenna range measurements for TRP/TIS performance, MIMO spatial characterization, and beam coverage mapping. Validate antenna diversity performance under real-world propagation conditions before your certification submissions.
CHIP-DOWN WIRELESS DESIGN
Our engineering team has executed chip-down wireless solutions — building the RF chain from silicon through antenna. This means we understand your architecture at every layer, not just the box-level integration most contract manufacturers see.
Certifications & Carrier Approvals
Carrier-Ready. Certified.
Market-Accessible.
Getting a WiFi router or cellular-connected gateway to market requires navigating a layered certification landscape — FCC authorization, carrier network approval, and WiFi Alliance compliance. Winegard brings documented experience across all of them. Our certification engineering team manages pre-compliance through final submission, shortening your path to revenue.
Why this matters to you
While Winegard performs initial emissions and cellular sensitivity testing entirely in-house, we partner with U.S.-based accredited laboratories for formal pre-scan and final FCC and carrier certification submissions. This two-stage approach is a deliberate advantage for your program: by completing rigorous internal testing before the unit ever reaches the outside lab, we arrive at formal certification with a higher-confidence device, fewer surprises, and a shorter re-test queue. Equally important, our in-house RF capability remains fully active during the formal certification period — allowing our engineers to work alongside your team on any mitigation efforts in parallel, rather than waiting on lab scheduling to identify and resolve issues.
CERTIFICATIONS | |
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FCC | FCC Part 15 (unlicensed WiFi), Part 22, Part 24, and Part 27 (licensed cellular bands) authorization. Full pre-compliance and submission support through accredited labs. |
IC | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) certification for Canadian market access — typically addressed in parallel with FCC filings to optimize schedule. |
WIFI | WiFi Alliance certification experience from chip-down wireless solutions — covering 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax (Wi-Fi 4 through Wi-Fi 6E). Ensures interoperability and brand mark authorization for market differentiation. |
BQB | Bluetooth BQB (Bluetooth Qualification Body) Mandatory Bluetooth SIG certification covering RF performance, protocol conformance, and profile compatibility for any Bluetooth-enabled product. |
PTCRB | Global cellular device certification covering LTE and 5G NR protocol conformance. Required baseline for carrier submission across all major North American operators. |
T-MOBILE | T-Mobile device approval including band-specific performance validation across its expansive 5G SA and NSA network footprint, including 600 MHz low-band coverage tiers. |
VERIZON | Verizon Open Development Certification — one of the industry's most rigorous carrier approval processes, covering RF performance, protocol compliance, and network operations testing. |
AT&T | AT&T Device Certification for network attachment, data session handling, and device behavior on the FirstNet and commercial LTE/5G infrastructure. |
THE WINEGARD ADVANTAGE
One Partner.
Complete Domestic Execution.
Router and gateway program leaders choose Winegard because we collapse the vendor map. Engineering, RF characterization, PCB fabrication, PCBA, mechanical production, firmware integration, certification, and final assembly — all under one roof in Burlington, Iowa. That means tighter feedback loops, faster iteration, and supply chain control that foreign manufacturing simply cannot offer.
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VERTICALLY INTEGRATED PRODUCTION
PCB fabrication and assembly, CNC machining, injection molding, metal fabrication, painting, and kitting — all in-house. No hidden subcontractor dependencies that introduce schedule risk or IP exposure.
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RF-LITERATE ENGINEERING TEAM
Our engineers have designed and validated wireless products at the chip level. When you bring a router architecture to us, you're working with a team that speaks your language across every RF, firmware, and antenna trade-off.
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DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE
In a world of tariff volatility and foreign supply chain disruption, a U.S.-manufactured router program managed by Winegard provides the sourcing visibility and procurement agility your customers and government clients require.
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IP STAYS IN AMERICA
Your firmware, antenna designs, and hardware schematics never cross a border. For defense, government, and enterprise clients operating under ITAR, CMMC, or other compliance frameworks, this is non-negotiable.
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ACCELERATED TIME-TO-MARKET
Eliminating overseas logistics, re-work shipping cycles, and international coordination overhead compresses program schedules. Our co-located design and manufacturing teams move at the speed your roadmap demands.
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SCALABLE PRODUCTION CAPACITY
From prototype runs through volume production, our Burlington facility scales with your program. Rigorous quality systems and in-process controls ensure the thousandth unit performs identically to the first.