[aprssig] GPS patch antenna alternatives

[Steve Noskowicz]

Why wouldn't a 1/4 work ?

I just made a crude 1/4 out of some small solder and put it into the BNC
connector on my Garmin GPS V.  No ground plane, just a wire about 1.5 in long. 
Inside the house where coverage is not too good, it still got 4-5 sats and kept
tracking.  Sig strengths were comparable to the Garmin antenna, but for
different sats.


--- Scott Miller <scott at opentrac.org> wrote:

> Yeah, I've got a set of Sarantel Geohelix SMP samples on hand, but I 
> didn't want to waste them on this project.
> 
> Does anyone know if a 1/4 wave whip will work?  Eventually I'll probably 
> build a board with a Trimble Copernicus and patch antenna or something, 
> but for now the GPS 15 is what I've got.
> 
> Scott
> N1VG
> 
> Greg Noneman wrote:
> > You might want to look into the Sarantel antennas.  They primarily make 
> > antennas for embedded applications (cell phones, PDAs, etc.), but also 
> > make one with a radome.  Their basic antenna is SMT, but some 
> > distributors customize them with integral connectors (SMA, MCX, MMCX, 
> > etc.).
> > 
> > 
> > 73,
> > Greg
> > WB6ZSU
> > 
> > 
> > On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Scott Miller wrote:
> > 
> >> Can anyone suggest a lightweight, cheap alternative to a patch antenna 
> >> for a balloon project?  Preferably something that could be terminated 
> >> in an MCX connector.  I'd like to have something to connect directly 
> >> to a GPS 15H-W without requiring any feedline.
> >>
> >> In related news, I finally remembered to add the GPS 15H-W to my 
> >> store.  I've had some sitting on the shelf for a month or more now.
> >>
> >> https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=79
> >>
> >> Scott
> >> N1VG
> >>
> >>
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-- 
73, Steve, K9DCI


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