I bought mine because of the gain, but on +5V it performs worse than a
38 dBi antenna, quite a lot worse. I'm wonder whether it needs more
volts, or whether it's simply broken. It was ex-equipment, and not in
very good shape, but it was described as used so I'll just write off
the loss, I
Is everyone buying these because they have 40dB gain or because they are
the only reasonably priced GPS timing antennas on eBay right now?
Thomas Knox
Thomas,
I bought mine because of the gain, but on +5V it performs worse than a 38
dBi antenna, quite a lot worse. I'm wonder whether it
On 04/24/2012 07:40 AM, David J Taylor wrote:
Is everyone buying these because they have 40dB gain or because they
are the only reasonably priced GPS timing antennas on eBay right now?
Thomas Knox
Thomas,
I bought mine because of the gain, but on +5V it performs worse than a
38 dBi
] On
Behalf Of Steve Krull
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:40 PM
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Just got mine, from Just_for_survive on eBay. Poorest packing job I've
ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
thin padded envelope
Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:12:44
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Hi
The problem
40 dB gain for me.
Joe
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Behalf Of Tom Knox
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Is everyone buying these because they have 40dB gain
: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:52 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Hi Joe,
40dB is not needed when you have a short (10m) /good antenna cable. Then
26dB will be plenty fine. Howver going to 20 or 30+ meters using standard
RG58
I think I got lucky. Despite the almost nonexistent packing, my antenna looks
like reasonable wear and tear for a used item and didn't suffer much from
shipping, and it passed an operational check on the bench today. Setup was an
8566B SA as receiver, bias tee on the input, 5vdc to the antenna,
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Behalf Of Steve Krull
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:06 PM
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Too bad there wasn't an amateur radio
Just got mine, from Just_for_survive on eBay. Poorest packing job I've
ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
thin padded envelope. I'll know this weekend if its operational.
Steve
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
My
Steve will be interesting to hear how it goes. Thats a reasonable price it
seems and the antenna looks like it could handle abuse pretty well. Any
idea if its a 5 volt unit or actually any other detail?
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Steve Krull steve-kr...@cox.net wrote:
That is the seller I got mine from. I still argee with Paul, unless you think
the seal between the two halves has been broken don't pull it apart. I'll
post the photos I took of mine. And when I get it back from being resealed
will see if it works or not (Should have done that first .. duh).
:-)
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.comwrote:
That is the seller I got mine from. I still argee with Paul, unless you
think
the seal between the two halves has been broken don't pull it apart. I'll
post the photos I took of mine. And when I get it back
] On
Behalf Of Steve Krull
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:40 PM
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Just got mine, from Just_for_survive on eBay. Poorest packing job I've
ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
thin padded envelope. I'll
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Just got mine, from Just_for_survive on eBay. Poorest packing job I've
ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
thin padded envelope. I'll know this weekend if its operational.
Steve
On Tue
] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Just got mine, from Just_for_survive on eBay. Poorest packing job I've
ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
thin padded envelope. I'll know this weekend if its operational.
Steve
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
mounted on the corner of the roof of my workshop.
Joe
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Behalf Of Steve Krull
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:40 PM
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Paul,
I believe I read in an earlier post that someone was using one of these with a
Tbolt, which is 5 volts to the antenna. Hope I'm not mistaken! I didn't hear
any rattles when I shook the unit so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. They do
appear to be pretty rugged so I'm hoping for the best.
...@febo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:31:16
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurementtime-nuts@febo.com
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time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Paul,
I believe I read in an earlier post
Hmmm nat hist. Makes for a good challenge.
I was successful in the Navy at hiding antennas on the ships mast and
barracks.
Suspect I could have had a bit more trouble as I think about it these days.
Regards
Paul
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Steve steve-kr...@cox.net wrote:
Paul,
I believe
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Paul,
I believe I read in an earlier post that someone was using one of these with a Tbolt,
which is 5 volts to the antenna. Hope I'm not mistaken! I
Too bad there wasn't an amateur radio allocation at 902 MHz in the early
1970's - the troposcatter stations I serviced would have been awesome -
2x 10Kw into paired 60' dishes, but no az or el control!
73,
Steve
On 4/13/2012 7:50 PM, paul swed wrote:
Hmmm nat hist. Makes for a good
Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Paul,
I believe I read in an earlier post that someone was using one of these with
a Tbolt, which is 5 volts to the antenna. Hope I'm not mistaken! I didn't
Gary wrote:
Most of those no antenna rules can't be enforced. They can control
the color of the antenna. Yes, really. For example, CONUS, you can
have any number of 1 meter dishes. You might have to paint the dish.
I believe Gary is referring to the FCC's OTARD (Over-the-Air
Reception
measurementtime-nuts@febo.com
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Paul,
I believe I read in an earlier post that someone was using one of these with
a Tbolt, which is 5 volts to the antenna. Hope I'm
Here is what looks like from the inside
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111617808980322733757/albums/5731068554075953249
Photo 2 and 3 show what impact to the screws to hold the two pieces
together can do.
-pete
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Pete Lancashire
p...@petelancashire.com
8:06 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Too bad there wasn't an amateur radio allocation at 902 MHz in the early
1970's - the troposcatter stations I serviced would have been awesome -
2x 10Kw into paired 60' dishes
The seller should be ashamed for selling something that beat up as working.
Thomas Knox
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:57:40 -0700
From: p...@petelancashire.com
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Here is what looks like from the inside
https
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Here is what looks like from the inside
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111617808980322733757/albums/5731068554075953249
Photo 2 and 3 show what impact to the screws to hold the two pieces
together can do.
-pete
On Fri, Apr 13
Is everyone buying these because they have 40dB gain or because they are the
only reasonably priced GPS timing antennas on eBay right now?
Thomas Knox
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:05:05 -0400
From: paulsw...@gmail.com
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Chris wrote:
Where are you placing your antenna? I'm curious because you say the
choke ring helps. Is it close to the ground, near a building? What
might be the cause of the muiltipath that the choke ring is helping
with
I've been working with RF long enough not to expect easy answers when
Unless there is a real reason to open it don't. Weather seals can be a
devil to get sealed again. If it isn't seal moisture seeps in overtime and
destroys the unit.
Regards
Paul.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Chris Albertson
albertson.ch...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:02 PM,
The one I got there was a pretty good size hit where the two sections go
together. Otherwise I would not have. Before putting it together I did what
I use to do with optics. 24 hours in a desicant jar then filled with dry
nitrogen. All thanks to a friend who has access to such.
On Apr 11, 2012
My Lucent antenna arrived today. I scrounged some adapters
and connected it to my Thunderbolt. Two birds were visible
with AMU 4 when I held the antenna. My Droid 3 could not
see any birds through the wet roof.
The unit has some dings and scrapes but no visible corrosion.
I am tempted to
Chuck wrote:
My Lucent antenna arrived today.
Has anyone compared this antenna with the mushroom that
came from China with the used Thunderbolts???
I have five GPS antennas -- a Garmin mag-mount puck designed for
vehicular use, a Garmin marine mushroom, a Lucent timing antenna
like yours,
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz
charles_steinm...@lavabit.com wrote:
... Deployed in the same location,
they all give very similar signal reports from the Tbolt and track the same
number of satellites (remember, the Tbolt reports the carrier/noise ratio,
not raw signal
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