<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<div><br><div><div>Am 05.12.2011 um 15:51 schrieb rakshat hooja:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hns@goldelico.com">hns@goldelico.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; ">
We have seen that the N95 has a quite simple<br>
flexible PCB GPS antenna instead of the ceramic<br>
patch of the GTA0*. Does anyone of you own<br>
both, a N95 and GTA0*?<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I have a N95 and a few GTA02s. Let me know what exactly do you want me to test re GPS?<br></blockquote><div><br></div>Great!</div><div><br></div><div>Do you have some software for both that shows the</div><div>satellite positions and (relative) signal strength?</div><div><br></div><div>What will be interesting is if the GTA02 sees the satellites</div><div>more uniform.</div><div><br></div><div>The background is that the ceramic patch antenna in the</div><div>GTA02/04 should have a more omnidirectional sensitivity</div><div>while the N95 has just one flexible PCB with a long wire.</div><div><br></div><div>And the latter should show some clear direction sensitivity.</div><div><br></div><div>I.e. if the device is rotated some satellites should</div><div>become weaker and others stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>So far the theory we want to probe :)</div><div><br></div></div><div>If the N95 antenna does not show such effects, we</div><div>may have a cheaper approach for future GTA04 variants.</div><div>And they may be more easily integrated into new cases</div><div>than the 15x15mm ceramic block...</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks for any results,</div><div>Nikolaus</div></body></html>