GPS Antenna
Christian Weßel
wesselch at gmx.net
Fri Oct 3 18:19:55 CEST 2008
Hi folks,
who has an external GPS antenna operating successfull with FR?
Which brand?
Where to get?
I check the first one without success, so I need to look for a fit one.
Keep on moko, christian
Am Mittwoch, den 24.09.2008, 09:30 -0600 schrieb -stacy:
> Christian Weßel wrote:
> > I found a MMCX GPS antenna at ebay and want to know your statements
> > about it:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.de/EXTERNE-AKTIVE-GPS-ANTENNE-MMCX-NAVIGATION-5M-KABEL_W0QQitemZ350100709576QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item350100709576&_trkparms=72%3A823%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
>
> I don't speak German, but I don't see a lot of technical details on that
> page; active antenna, magnetic, 5m cable. That is not a lot of
> information to go on. The key piece of information that seems to be
> missing is the voltage requirements for the antenna. Another important
> piece of information would be the signal gain.
>
> As far as I know, the freerunner supplies 3 volts to the antenna. I have
> seen a lot of inexpensive antennae that will work with any voltage
> between 1.8V and 5V but I have also seen others that will only work with 5V.
>
> I am cautious with ebay sellers who don't put basic technical
> information in the descriptions (unless they have a precise part #
> and I know what the specs are. in that case I don't care if the seller
> knows :-)
>
> -stacy
>
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