At 09:45 AM 6/20/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Eric,
Thanks - but does the antenna need a ground plane? I suspect it was designed
to mount on a vehicle roof which would act as a GP. On the K8CU website, one
person mentioned mounting in a pie plate or such. I received no
instructions with my antenna.
Hi, different Eric here...
As often is the case, it is a matter of RTing the FM. The antenna is
a patch and shouldn't need a ground plane. However, the GPS is designed
for fixed site operation, not mobile, so you have to manually command it
to do a sky survey:
:PTIME:GPSYSTEM:POSITION:SURVEY ONCE
This is described on page 1-15. Page 1-16 has some comments about dealing
with limited antenna exposure to the sky.
As for me... my antenna is INSIDE, and sits near a window. It works
well enough that I have no plans to mount the antenna outside.
73,
Eric, KB0YDN
73,
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Scace K3NA" <eric@k3na.org>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:15 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] HP GPS Receiver
> In most installations the hockey puck antenna is attached to the top of a
stick/pipe/tube. The antenna needs to be in a location
> where it can see the maximum amount of sky. Even tree foliage will block
the GPS signals.
>
> 73,
> -- Eric K3NA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Mark Erbaugh
> Sent: 2003 June 19 Thursday 23:25
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] HP GPS Receiver
>
>
> I got my Z3801 yesterday and checked it out. How/where did you install
the
> antenna? I think I need to put the antenna on the roof so that the house
> doesn't block the sky. For testing purposes I set the antenn in the front
> yard (as far as the 20' cable would go) and it could only acquire 2
> satellites, which isn't enough to do a survey and set the new position.
Does
> the antenna need to be mounted on a metal ground plane?
>
> 73,
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@earthlink.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 19:44 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] HP GPS Receiver
>
>
> > I received my HP GPS receiver today. I have it all installed. I used
> Jim's
> > method to hook it up to the rs232 port to the computer and it works
fine.
> I
> > now have a 10 mhz frequency standard that sets my rx340 exactly on
> > frequency.
> >
> > My N4PY Orion Control Program is just about ready for prime time. I
have
> it
> > working with the remote tuning pod and things are looking great.
> >
> > Carl Moreschi N4PY
> > Franklinton, NC
> >
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