What kind of antenna for GPS?

Jette Derriche jette at nerdgirl.dk
Wed Jul 23 16:51:47 CEST 2008


On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 15:23 +0200, Tilman Baumann wrote:
> Alex Kavanagh wrote:
> > 
> > Jette Derriche wrote, On 23/07/08 12:55:
> >> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 10:42 +0200, Yorick Moko wrote:
> >>   
> >>> as far as I know any antenna with the right connector should work just fine
> >>>
> >>>     
> >> I wonder if there's a name to identify such an antenna?... I would like
> >> to make sure I pick the right product in the webshop.
> >>   
> > From: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS

Thanks... that helped. Great info on that page.

> > 
> > "The external antenna for the GPS is an MMCX connector. It is located
> > inside the battery compartment, to the left of the battery, and directly
> > above the SD card."
> > 
> > So what you want is a GPS antenna with an MMCX connector.
> 
> I'm almost certainly sure that this is BS.
> This probably refers to the internal GPS connector or GSM connector. 
> (Both are on the back)
> Jette is looking for a external GPS antenna. (on the side)
> 
> But MMCX is right. I kept my mouth shut because i expected Jette to 
> search the lists himself.

I did search last night, but apparently not well enough ... hehe.

It's not obvious from my name... but I'm a female ;-)


/Jette






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